If Justin Verlander has a typical Justin Verlander year, Jeremy Bonderman is healthy and Nate Robertson pitches like he is capable, all of a sudden you're at 90 wins again
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If Justin Verlander has a typical Justin Verlander year, Jeremy Bonderman is healthy and Nate Robertson pitches like he is capable, all of a sudden you're at 90 wins again
Times like this is when you find out about your team and how tough you are ... We feel bad for Jeremy Bonderman, obviously, but it is in the proper hands and it will get taken care of.
It's hard to say how it will play out, but we will believe we will get a good player at No. 25 ... You go back and look at Bobby Crosby (25th in 2001), Matt Cain (25th in 2002), Jeremy Bonderman (26th in 2001) and Noah Lowry (30th in 2001). There have been a lot of good players in that area of the Draft.
One more chapter in the greatest comeback in baseball history ... The guys in here, we can overcome it.
It's such a weird deal ... He's just 25 years old, and you wouldn't think he would have to go through something like this. You just got to think, no matter what, that some way, somehow, he'll get back with us.
As a friend, you worry about him. [A blood clot] is dangerous, and I'm glad he came out OK ... But it's also a big blow to the team, and I'm not going to pretend like it isn't.
It's huge ... He's got a huge heart. He doesn't go out there and worry about things like wins or strikeouts. He's a bulldog and he goes out there and gives it his all and tries to give us a chance to win. That's why you respect him and want to give him the ball.
Times like this, you find out a lot about your team and how tough you are ... We've been through a lot of tough stuff, one thing after the other. We feel bad for Jeremy Bonderman, obviously, but it's in the proper hands and it'll get taken care of. That's all I'll say about that.
If surgery is, in fact, indicated ... he will probably be lost for the season.
I'm done for a while -- I know that ... We'll wait and see. I'll go to the doctors and go from there. It's something I know I can come back from. It's not like you're rebuilding something; you're trying to make it better. I look at it as an opportunity to get it right, and when I come back, I'll be healthy and I'll have a fresh arm.