Drew Pomeranz

“I'm pretty prepared for anything. You could shove me out there in any situation - I've done it.”

“After the first time I got traded - I was in the bullpen warming up for a game in Double A, and I got called back in and got traded - that was probably the, like, most crazy it could be. And once I got traded, the next time it got a little easier, and I got traded the next time - it's just part of it.”

“I don't mind walking guys as long as I don't give up runs.”

“I was a thrower. I think I'm more of a pitcher now.”

“It's pretty frustrating waiting for anything.”

“Pretty excited to get to Boston. Great city and great team; they're in the race. They want to win here, and that's what I want to do.”

“It's hard to be a two-pitch guy. People tell you that, but you don't really believe it.”

“If you don't feel right, you're going to try to tweak every pitch, every little thing, things that probably don't even need tweaking.”

“I haven't been on too many winning teams - in Oakland, we were in first place most of the year, and it was pretty fun, pretty exciting.”

“I don't think I put too much pressure on myself.”

“Every outing is a learning experience.”

“When you don't have one that you throw for strikes - they are good hitters - they can cancel out one pitch and go to another. Now I have four pitches. If one's not working, I've got three others. It makes the game totally different.”

“I was 11 years old and have the same curveball I have now. So I was literally striking everybody out. I always threw hard, and I was bigger than all the kids, so I would throw hard and throw that curveball, and no one could hit me.”

“Six innings, you're doing your job. That's a good target to have, but I'm always looking to improve. There's three more innings of improvement left.”

“My whole career's been kind of crazy, so you can't really surprise me.”

“A change of scenery can help everything.”

“At the end of the day, it's me versus you, and I'm trying to get you out. If I can throw you six curveballs in a row and get you out, I'm going to do it all day.”

“My goal is to go out there, make every start.”

“Repeating my mechanics was difficult. I was always trying to do something different to make it click.”

“All I can focus on is my performance, and that's going to help me be successful, no matter where I am.”