Here are the comments by Phil Humber, who was optioned to the minors before last night’s game… “Omar and Willie and Rick were all in there. And they had some positive things to say. They made me feel like I’m one of those guys that they’re gonna count on this year at some point. And that’s my goal. That was my goal coming in…

“Hopefully it’s sooner than later. But I’ve just got to work hard and do my best…

“Of course it’s a lot nicer up here than it is down there. I’m not really excited about going down there. But there’s only so many innings to go around. Once it gets to this point of spring, guys are going four and five innings, you can’t have 12 or 13 pitchers trying to start. There’s only so many innings.”