We have to go about our business. Certainly, we'd love to have Roger aboard. There's no doubt about it. We also understand his thought process, what he's going through to try to make this decision.

What we're going to do is use spring training as sort of a feeling-out process for Phil and Preston and our other outfielders. It gives us a lot of comfort to know that you've got a pure center fielder like Preston. But he's also so athletic, he can come in and play either corner and we'll feel very comfortable with it.

It gives us a lot of versatility and flexibility. Looking ahead, we've got a lot of good young players coming through the system. As they make their way, we'll have some tough decisions down the road. I'm just glad to have this one bat in our lineup that can drive in 100 runs, hit 25 to 30 home runs at least, and in our ballpark, maybe more.

We put forth a very strong number. It's always hard to know, it's impossible to know what numbers are out there.

The hardest thing for him, he has such a ritual, the way he prepares for a game. It got him out of sync.

Got quite a few. I've still got a few balls at home.

He always had to have competition that was challenging him,

I don't think this is a bad thing for anybody, ... We had a chance to get it out of our system. It gave everybody a chance to decompress.

I'd have to speculate that a lot had to do with the fact that Grady Little is over there as a manager, and there's a close relationship with him.

I know he's a free swinger, but at least half his strikeouts this spring have been looking. That leads me to believe that he's trying to be more aware of the strike zone. He's still going to strike out a high percentage of the time. But he's more cognizant of it, and is trying to get better pitches to hit.