“We have a team that’s very eager. I feel blessed to be a part of this.”

“Every time I go up there to hit, I feel like that’s going to be my moment.”

“Everything’s the same. I’m just bigger than everybody else. The strike zone may be taller, because I’m taller, but it’s what I’m used to. I’ve had the same strike zone since I was a kid. This is my body, this is my strike zone. I make the same adjustments everyone else does.”

“It all really comes down to me just doing what I can do. I’m not trying to be Willie Stargell or Dave Winfield or anybody but myself.”

“Both of my parents are teachers, so they were big into the college thing. It kind of made my decision pretty easy.”

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