Drew Pomeranz

“It's hard to tell yourself to get ready when it's like, 'I need to make this freaking team first.'”

“Ten minutes before starting a game in Akron, they said, 'Sit down, you're done.' Then I went to Arizona and sat there. There was no one to tell me what to do. I just had to wait.”

“My dad was a really big baseball guy who helped coach me and thought the game should be played the right way.”

“I don't think much. I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing. Adjust on the fly if I have to.”

“No one wants to be known as a six-inning guy.”

“I'm 5 o'clock lightning, for sure.”

“I threw a lot of fastballs in college.”

“It hasn't been very normal in my career, but that first year in pro ball was the craziest year ever.”

“I just want to pitch well enough for us to win. In my mind, that's what it's all about.”