“We will monitor him and bring him back at the end when he's ready. We definitely feel like he's going to play again this year. I'd like to see him get back for the last 10 days, anyway.”
“He shouldn't be rusty. I just hope he doesn't catch one off his thumb and aggravates it. The only real concern I have is that doesn't happen. Everything else, I'm comfortable with.”
“I talked to Richie at the time it happened, and we felt if it was going to completely heal, it was going to take about six weeks. You just hope nothing happens to him and he can get through the rest of the month.”
“He hasn't said anything to me. Until he mentions it, I won't even approach it. It does me no good to talk to him unless he really wants to do it. I don't think he's anxious right now to take a day off. Maybe later in September he will be.”
“Honestly, every time I pencil his name in there and he comes up in the rotation I'm counting on a good game. Whether I get it or I don't, I have that high hope.”
