Quotes from Drew Pomeranz

I don't mind walking guys as long as I don't give up runs.

It's pretty frustrating waiting for anything.

I've had the benefit of doing pretty much everything. So I'm really pretty comfortable in any situation.

I have to do a better job of learning how to adjust.

After the first time I got traded - I was in the bullpen warming up for a game in Double A, and I got called back in and got traded - that was probably the, like, most crazy it could be. And once I got traded, the next time it got a little easier, and I got traded the next time - it's just part of it.

My whole career's been kind of crazy, so you can't really surprise me.

A change of scenery can help everything.

I've always been fastball-curveball and really relied on that pitch, and when it goes away, it just totally changes how you attack hitters.

Getting my curveball back and finding another pitch just helped me figure out how to pitch.

Just trying to go out there and do the same thing I do every time, take it one pitch at a time and give us the best chance to win.

I've done literally everything there is to do on a baseball field as a pitcher.

I was a thrower. I think I'm more of a pitcher now.

As a pitcher, you can't afford to get too ticked off.

Just flush it if something bad happens. That's the way I was raised to play baseball.

I've got four pitches now. I don't have to use them all the time, but I've got them in my pocket now for when it's necessary.

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

My dad taught me really early so I could take a lot of pressure off my elbow. Because the way I throw it, it doesn't crank up my elbow like everyone else's curveballs.

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

Six innings, you're doing your job. That's a good target to have, but I'm always looking to improve. There's three more innings of improvement left.

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

I was in the big leagues my first year in pro ball - pretty fast. I really don't think I had an understanding of what it meant to be a pitcher at that level at that point.

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.

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.

Pretty excited to get to Boston. Great city and great team; they're in the race. They want to win here, and that's what I want to do.