Mel taught me a new grip on my sinker in spring training, and I've used it all year, ... It has really helped me.

Mel taught me a new grip on my sinker in spring training, and I've used it all year. It has really helped me.

He changed the grip on my sinker last spring and got it to sink more consistently. He had me put my middle finger on the seam instead of my first finger, and slide it up on the ball about two inches. Those two inches made a huge difference.

I approach spring training the same way every year.

[This season] has taught me that when I go through a winter and go into spring training, I want to have a closer, to tell you the truth. We tried the system earlier in the season. That was not successful for us.

My last year in Montreal -- my last Spring [Training] -- I got released,