People just have to give him time. When you're a great hitter, all you need is time to get comfortable.

That's the only time on offense when you can really feel like you're a team player. You're making an out and sacrificing your stats for the good of the team. That shows me you're a team player, you don't care about stats, and all you care about is winning.

The bottom line is, Tram didn't do things right at the beginning as a manager and by the time he tried late last year, it was too late. You have to be the chief when you're the manager.

Sometimes people read him wrong because he's so quiet. But he's very clutch. He comes through for us in key situations. To me he's solid.

He had the best slider I've seen him have in four years. It looked like a fastball before you swung, then it just dropped.

What can I say,