I try to take the positive out of everything, ... Buddy's outstanding. He knows what it takes to be a big leaguer, and he's instilling it in the young guys. And everybody's going about it the right way and I do see a light at the end of the tunnel.

I basically had the best spring of my life. I was brought in and knew who my competition was. And I have confidence in myself to go out and play the game and I did it. I basically did everything I was asked and, obviously, it wasn't enough.

I'm feeling pretty good at the plate. I just wish it would have come in a win. I had quality at-bats and am trying to put something together. I don't believe in too early or too late [for your swing coming around], but just focusing on quality at-bats and everything else will take care of itself.

We keep battling all day. A lot of good things happened.

It got me on the left hand, forearm and ear. All three on one pitch. I have no idea how that happened. It's never happened to me before, not three spots in one at-bat. I've never seen that.

When things are going bad is when you sit back and observe and see how people react. The thing I enjoyed about it is nobody pointed fingers and when you go through a stretch like that, a lot of negativity can creep in and I didn't see that. I liked that, and you don't see that too much.