He had good stuff today. He had a good fastball and was keeping kids off-balance with his breaking stuff.

Too many kids today are playing major league ball and don't belong there.

Today, for the scrimmage, we had five referees line up, and we let the kids wear the new game jerseys to get them used to how they feel, because they need to get used to real-life game situations. Our main focus was to get through the scrimmage healthy, which we did.

I really like the balance we had today. We played nine guys for a lot of minutes and they all performed. There is a star born in every one of these games and today it was Andre Allen.

We got it all around today -- great pitching to keep them off balance, some great defensive plays and some timely hitting. I'm really proud of them and hope this is a step forward for us toward the end of the season.

It's a balance. You have to ask yourself what is good for kids and how you keep adults' morale up.