He is as good as any catcher I played with or had on my team. He has top-shelf skills defensively.

If you watch the game, you know why. He's the best defensive catcher we have had here. Defensively, he is a playmaker . . .

He's got skills, but I told him they weren't playing out. And if the skills he has don't play out here, he would have to play Triple-A next year. It's very black and white. And maybe the idea of winter ball spurred him to have a good September.

He played short catch yesterday and long toss today. We'll try to get him up on a slope and throw tomorrow, and see where we go from there. He's making good progress, though.

I've got an accountability and responsibility to do whatever I can to help this team win a ballgame,

He has hit everywhere he has ever been, so why shouldn't he hit here . . . . He is just a real good hitter.