Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I’m excited to see how this develops.

I’ve said this before, but going and playing with the guys that have been to the World Series, the elite players of the game, there’s no harm in hanging around those guys at all.

Before, shortstops and second basemen were mostly defensive guys that made all the plays and didn’t really hit that well. But now it’s beginning to change a little bit. Now, shortstops and second basemen are very productive in terms of run producing.

It’s pretty self-explanatory. If we play well, we know what our picture is. If we don’t play well, we’ll know what our picture is.

It’s good to find the barrel of the bat again.

I didn’t know what to expect coming to college. High school was pretty easy and I guess I expected college to be along the same route. It was just an overwhelming experience.

The majority of the time with two strikes I’ll choke up on the bat a little bit to try to stay as short as possible. It doesn’t always work out like that, but that’s the goal.

I never want to look in the mirror and say, ‘What if? What if I had run harder? What if I had dived for that groundball?’

You’re going to bat so many times during a season and it’s not worth getting mad about. I still get frustrated, but I try not to let the other team know that.

I’m definitely not the most graceful person out there. I’ve always been taught to play hard. I don’t know how not to play hard. But for some guys it just looks easier. For me, it’s not that natural.