On his young, talented pitching staff…
“Well, we’ve pretty much haven’t hid the fact that we think we have pretty good pitching. They’re young, they’re inexperienced. They don’t have the credentials that Kershaw and Greinke and Lester and Arrieta have, but they’re going to be good pitchers. They’re going to be really, really good, and we’re really proud of as fast as they’ve come and the way they’ve handled themselves this summer.”
On how fast his staff can throw…
“I’m going to tell you, that’s why when you look at our pitching staff, you just shake your head. The game is changing. Those power arms, everybody’s got them, but they’re usually in the bullpen. We have guys, and we’re very, very lucky, it seems like they go out there and they maintain it. They can maintain 95 to 98 for six and seven innings at a time. I’ll tell you, that’s tough on hitters, especially in weather like this, that’s really tough on hitters. So we’re just really, really lucky, and the organization has done a great job accumulating this talent and we kind of feel real good when Steven Matz starts to get as consistent, because he’s just as good as everybody else.”
On scoring early against Jake Arrieta…
“It certainly was a big lift for the guys on the bench because it was Jake Arrieta who, I mean, this guy there’s some good candidates for the Cy Young, but he’s one of the legit ones. When you can jump out to the lead on him, you’ve got to feel pretty good where you’re sitting, and I think it helped Noah relax a little bit. Hey, I’m just going to go out and pitch.”
On Curtis Granderson’s home run-robbing catch…
“Yeah, it was huge. It was a great catch by Grandy. Both sides of the ball, you’ve got to play this game on both sides. Even in the ninth inning, it hurt us, but not covering first base, boy, it can come back and really bite you. Fortunately we got away and it didn’t matter, but Grandy made a great play on that ball.”
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