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.

He'll take infield [on Wednesday] and if he still feels good after that, he'll go ahead and catch a game.

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

The only easy day was yesterday.

Now that it's all over, what did you really do yesterday that's worth mentioning?

That kind of stuff, the notoriety, the pomp and circumstance, I think he's aware of it, but he doesn't get taken aback by it, nor does he get a big head over it. He's a very even-tempered kid. I just think he probably expects more of himself than [the fans and media] ever will.