Overall, we were comfortable the quarter, although some other people had different expectations.

He?s surpassed [my expectations] by a large margin. Carl?s the type of kid who?s going to battle for you. He?s going to keep you in the game and he?s going to throw strikes, and that?s the biggest key to him. He?s thrown several games where his pitch count?s been real low. You don?t have to worry about four, five, six walks a game.

We have high expectations. The sky is the limit.

It's a little surreal, I guess. I like it. We have high expectations for ourselves and hopefully we can carry through.

Failure to meet market expectations here will reinforce the market perception that the peak in US rates is clear, putting the dollar under renewed pressure.

I think what people are probably seeing are some similarities. I can understand why the expectations are high, because we have a great deal of talent. We have some guys that can do a lot of good things for us offensively.