Mark Kotsay praises Athletics' budding culture after comeback win vs. Rockies
Athletics manager Mark Kotsay speaks with the media after his team's 7-5 win over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday at Las Vegas Ballpark.
Mark Kotsay praises Athletics' budding culture after comeback win vs. Rockies originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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You talked earlier this week about, the offense kind of gaining confidence, here.
does it feel like, they're kinda hitting their stride a little bit here just with the way they've been performing, especially tonight as well?
You know, the, the offense as a whole, like this is, you know, how you, you want things to, to kinda go, right?
You wanna be able to give guys opportunity, you wanna get them involved in the mix.
you know, and I think that it just helps the whole group, right?
and then obviously the, the production, from guys, you know, that, that we, we count on, and then also from guys that, you know, just haven't been able to, to get it going.
So, you know, as we always talk about what comes first is, you know, success or confidence and, I think they go hand-in-hand.
But right now their, their confidence is, is really high and, and they're You know, offensively we're taking great at-bats and, and getting big hits.
Think of, Gilliam tonight.
He's opened a nice stretch here, took the home run and that nice tag down to eight as well.
Just what does it impact- Yeah, I mean, like I called him last night, told him he was gonna play right field, right?
I mean, he's a, he's You don't get guys with that makeup that just say, "Yeah, let's do it."
you know, I think there's a lot of guys in that room that, that have that makeup and, and that, and that culture is starting to kind of spread and, but for, for Gilly, yeah, great night.
you know, he's, he's been solid and, this is a kid that went through a lot of adversity, with injury, you know, with, with some, you know, lack of success and, but yet when he's on that field, there's a confidence, you know, that we have in him and, I told him tonight, "Hey, you might play all nine positions at some point this year."
So, that's just the athlete he is and the baseball player he is.
good.
Oh, yeah, only the, there's about before the game to kind of maybe some resting, resting some guys just with the heat, but coming off the bench.
What does that do for, for you guys confidence-wise, just having that flexibility of guys to come off the bench?
Yeah, no, I mean, when you can, when you have guys that, that can come off the bench and, and impact the game, you know, you got guys that are out there, you know, that, that are starting in the game that, that, are contributing.
Like I said, the, the, when the whole roster, when the whole 13, is, is working, you know, seamlessly, it, it, it makes for a really challenging match-ups for opposing teams.
And, and I think that's what we're creating right now, and guys are buying in and, you know, we're having success with it.
What would you create a bullpen if Alvarado can sustain what he's doing right now?
Yeah.
you know, if Alvarado obviously can throw the ball consistently the way he's throwing it, solidify that back end, you know, it slots a lot of guys.
It gives us options, with Harris, with Alvarado.
You saw Leiter and Barlow tonight in roles that they, they've had success with in the past.
you know, you had Sterner in there, and that mix that's been successful with, you know, inherited runners.
So, it gives us some options and, and, that again, you know, to come in here, obviously it's an offensive ballpark to, you know, go through game one the way we did, fifteen-fourteen, and now to, to really just be grinding through games and, and getting some holds, getting some saves, like that, that says a lot about that group.
