He's done everything we've asked. It looks like he's in shape and ready for 2006.

We're in really good shape for the finals and we're really looking forward to it.

If I go to Triple-A, I'll be ready. I'm in good shape, I'm ready to throw a lot of innings.

I didn't ask him to take his shirt off. I couldn't tell you. But he looks in good shape.

We felt like, with the success that he had at Double-A, [it was best] just leave him there and let him complete a solid year at Double-A. And I think he benefited from that.

He'll get some innings under his belt [and] pitch in some big-league games. Our thought process is to send him to Triple-A, put him in the rotation and have him to continue to develop. If he continues to do well, there's a chance realistically [that] we'll see him in Houston at some point during the season. We don't expect that to happen out of Spring Training. We're going to keep an open mind about it, but realistically, we see him gong to Triple-A.