Friday's quotes

Peter Abraham has quotes from Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera, regarding their outings today.

“I feel good,” he said. “I was able to throw all my pitches in the strike zone.” Rivera said he planned to throw only eight or nine more innings this spring.

Andy Pettitte was thrilled with his performance. “From the first pitch of the game everything felt good,” he said. “I really feel good about everything.”

The home run came on a backdoor curveball that was down. “I give (Victor Diaz) credit for hitting it,” he said. “Sometimes that happens.”

Rivera only threw eight pitches, so hopefully he will get a little more work in in his next few appearances.

Pettitte pitched well aside from the Victor Diaz home run, so it's good to see him happy with how he's feeling.

As I've said many times before, Pettitte needs to be huge this year due to the fact that Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain and Ian Kennedy will have innings caps.