John Gibbons Guy Quotations

When he throws strikes, he's as good as anybody. When he figures it out, watch out. He was on. Nobody's going to hit that guy today.

He was on. Nobody was going to hit that guy tonight.

He wasn't his sharp shelf, but I tip my hat. The guy wanted to take the ball to help the team out,

If we need another guy, it will be Downs. He would be the guy we'd go to. We've got to see where A.J. is in a few days.

Look, if the guy is going to keep hitting a home run a day it would be tough to keep him out of there.

We even talked about it last winter, about him possibly being the leadoff guy to start the season,

We don't like to see him. We don't like to see the guy behind him either,

You don't look at results in the minor leagues because I don't think I've ever seen a guy go down there and not get hit around.

The thing about Crawford is he's got some big-time power, too. He can beat you in so many ways. They're pretty much the same guy once they get on, you know they're going to get their bases, it's tough to get them even when everything goes right.

I've been around some good baseball people, but he's so good in all phases of the game. You're not going to find a better worker, you're not going to find a guy who cares as much. Sometimes he probably cares too much, but he's just top notch all the way around.

You want a guy to have a good Spring Training. But it's just Spring Training. That's how you look at it.

Ryan's up-and-coming, pretty new to the job himself, but already he's one of the top closers in the game. Anytime you've got a shot at a guy like that, you've got to make that move.

You talk about Orlando's defense -- those balls he goes back on, those in-between balls he takes away. Now, you're talking about a guy that's never played outfield, so it's a little more magnified.

In the past, if he gave up a few runs early, sometimes the game would get away from him. But he's been a new guy now for the last few months. He's just getting better and better. He showed that tonight.

He's really stepped in and done a nice job for us. The guy can pitch and we knew that. Our pitching the entire game was outstanding.

He's a new guy now, he's getting better and better, he showed that tonight.

He's the logical guy -- that's the way our team is set up, anyway. He knows that. Everybody knows that.

You watch Ortiz over the past few years and there is not a more clutch guy in the game.

You watch Ortiz the last couple years -- there's not a more clutch player out there. I don't care who you're talking about. Of course, the guy behind him ain't bad either.

There might come a point where he has to pitch with it, I don't know. He'll go see the guy who did the surgery. Hopefully, he'll get some reassurance from him. Until he sees him we won't know.