He's an awesome guy. He's one of the best players in the league. All the things we bragged about him the last couple of years, they don't just go away because he changed his uniform. He's a good player with short hair, long hair, it doesn't matter.

He's an awesome guy. He's too good a kid and one of the best players in the league. All of the things that we bragged about the last couple of years, they just don't go away because he changes uniforms. We hope he doesn't do them quite as well.

Al Thornton is one of the best frontcourt players this league has.

I think he's handled the situation well. When you're a Rule 5 guy, it's almost to the veteran players like you're on scholarship. Sometimes I think that gets resented a little bit. He's handling himself real well. He was quiet when he first came up, kind of paid the respect to the veterans and then kind of slowly but surely kind of started showing his personality -- he's done a good job with that.

Rodney, ... is one of the best players in the league.

It's an awesome concept. I wish there was a perfect way to do it. You're going to see a lot of general managers, managers, organizations hold their breath every time their pitcher steps on the mound.