“This isn't one day, ... I prefer them to give someone else a chance. ... Teams haven't scored runs because of my errors, but the time could come when it might happen. I don't feel like myself, like the Alex I've been in the past. ... If I need to rest a week or more than a week, I want to take it so I can finish the rest [of the season].”
“It's very hard [to leave]. This is a new team I got to know. But it's part of the job. It's for your country, and you got to represent your country. It's a new league. I have to get to know the pitchers. I'm sorry I have to leave, but it's OK. Some of the guys, like Alex [Cora], they'll help me, tell me how a pitcher throws.”
“I'm not mad, sad because they told me I made the team 100 percent and they turn me out. They told me I was staying in a Marriott hotel and that we'd be working out at 5:30 Friday.”
