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" Baseball is a hard game. There's going to be ups and downs. "
Game
Hard
Ups
" Being stronger really helped my game. "
Game
Stronger
Really
" Going into Portland, I was just trying to not step on anybody's toes, stay quiet, and play my game. I think I was just trying to figure out the kind of sequences I was going to see as a hitter and learn from that. "
Game
Quiet
Step
" Growing up, I was a big Red Sox fan and looked up to guys like Dustin Pedroia, who's obviously not the biggest guy, but the way he competes, the way he works, it was motivating for me. "
Red Sox
Red
Me
" I can't do much about my height, but I can do a lot of things in strength and speed and work on that. I'm going to try to do that the best I can to make me a better ballplayer. "
Speed
Me
Best
" I come from a pretty humble family, and I try to be a humble guy. "
Guy
Come
Family
" I don't think it's a secret that I'm not a fan of all the attention and the media, stuff like that, but I understand it's part of it, and I have to do it. "
Attention
Think
Understand
" I grew up watching Pedroia play. "
Watching
Up
Grew
" I'm just going to go out there and contribute the best I can. "
Out
Going
Just
" I think baseball was really reality when I was a freshman in high school. "
Baseball
High School
Think
" I think if you're not confident, you're not in the right place. "
Confident
Place
Right
" I think my mindset and my approach is to hit the ball hard, whether it be first pitch or work the count. "
Mindset
Think
Hard
" I think my size sometimes catches people off guard, but I don't think size matters when it comes to power. Mechanics and technique and bat speed matter more. "
Think
Power
Sometimes
" I think once I see everybody and go through every team and their pitchers, I'll get an idea of what they like to do. And they'll see what I like to do and swing at. I think there's always something you've got to adjust to. "
See
Always
Think
" I think the biggest adjustment I've made before coming here was going from High A to Double A. I was going in facing pitchers who had more experience and knew how to throw all their stuff for strikes and in hitter's counts, things like that. "
High
Double
Experience
" I try to focus on what I can control, and that's just playing hard and playing well. "
Try
Focus
Control
" I try to stay aggressive for the most part, dictating, whatever the situation may be. Just trying to do whatever I can to help the team win. "
Try
Help
Situation
" It's a long season, and if you can go back and forth pretty well, you'll end up OK. "
Go
Long
Season
" It's definitely a dream come true playing for the Red Sox. "
Dream
Come
Red
" I wouldn't describe myself as a home run hitter. I'm just trying to hit the ball hard in the gaps. Just backspinning baseballs and hitting line drives. "
Home
Hard
Line
" My job is just to go out and play hard every day. "
Every Day
Go
Hard
" Obviously, there's not as much flex in a wood bat as in a metal bat, so I'm still trying to adjust to that. "
Bat
Adjust
Metal
" That's the beautiful thing about baseball. You can be any size and be successful. "
Baseball
Successful
Beautiful
" The big thing I noticed from High-A to Double-A is that when you have an advantage count as a hitter, you're not going to get as many fastballs. Adjusting to the 2-0 changeup, that 3-1 off-speed pitch - things like that. I think my swing can stay the same; I just was getting myself out. "
Like
Myself
Stay
" The most important thing is to just stay constant and not get too high or too low. "
Low
High
Important
" You're going to struggle. You're going to do well. You can't really let the past or the day before - whether you had a good day or bad day - dictate the day you have that certain day. "
Struggle
You
Good
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