Todd Abbott Quotes


Zach did a heck of a job on the mound. - Todd Abbott



Zach (Hedges) started out a little shaky. But then he settled down and only threw 66 pitches through six innings. That is phenomenal. - Todd Abbott



You get those two guys on and then you have some pretty good hitters coming up behind them who have a good chance of scoring some runs. Those two (Wallace and Barnes) combined have been a big part of our offense because of their ability to get on. Brandt has done great. - Todd Abbott



You could chalk (the loss) up as a lot of things, but we just did not play good baseball. Why? I don't know. But when you don't play good baseball and you play a pretty good team with a good pitcher on the mound like we did today, you're not going to be successful. - Todd Abbott



You can't start any better than 4-and-0. Those are huge wins, and they're especially big because we got a sweep on the road against a quality club. The 4-and-0 start helps, but we've got 12 more. We're going to enjoy this one and get up in the morning and start all over again. - Todd Abbott



When you play somebody, they watch around the infield or maybe they try (to run) on you and the catcher gets out a great throw ... and they may shut it down. I think he has deterred a lot of base-running attempts by people just on the physical skills that he possesses. - Todd Abbott



What you saw today is exactly what he has done the past couple of weekends when he?s gotten to pitch. He?s proving his worth on the mound. You need somebody to stop the bleeding. - Todd Abbott



What we've been looking for and we've had it just once or twice it seems is that complete offensive game. And we've got to compliment that with good pitching and defense. We're getting to that time of the year where it's an excellent time to start doing that. - Todd Abbott