Jerry Royster Quotations

There are some pretty good-looking players here. It should be fun. It should be a very interesting year.

He's a smart baseball player and I can do whatever I want with him on offense. If I want him to hit and run, if I want him to bunt, if I need him to move a runner over, I can tell him to do it. And he's very professional about it.

He's got his head on right. He knows what he's trying to do. When the game starts, he plays harder than everybody.

Guzman does some things that are pretty special.

I'm impressed with that kid. He threw as good a breaking ball as you'll see anywhere. Nobody has a breaking ball that tight. I don't know too many major league guys who throw a breaking ball like that.

We've got some pretty good hitters and somebody keeps doing something good. Weaver throws a bunch of strikes, our guys are definitely swinging and somebody's going to win that battle.

There absolutely can't be any Triple-A rotation that's better, not with the way these guys are pitching now.

Billingsley is the best pitching prospect we've had in a long time. He's the real deal. He's going to pitch in the major leagues, and he's probably going to be good.

Everybody gets to see him pitch. It's a tremendous stage.

I've got a new team, and for me that's the exciting part. I have a whole new job, basically, because my job is to work with these guys. It keeps me on my toes.

He's starting to look pretty good. His progress is visible. He's building on that opportunity he had last year.

He's that double-threat guy who hits for average and power. I don't see anyone being ahead of him offensively at this time.

Health wise, everything looked good for him. He was ambitious with the bat and running the bases. He got to make some plays at first base. Everything seems to be on course.

You can't get much better than that. Our pitching is definitely the key. We've had unbelievable relief pitching.