Drew Pomeranz

I haven't been on too many winning teams - in Oakland, we were in first place most of the year, and it was pretty fun, pretty exciting. ”

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. ”

I was 11 years old and have the same curveball I have now. So I was literally striking everybody out. I always threw hard, and I was bigger than all the kids, so I would throw hard and throw that curveball, and no one could hit me. ”

Repeating my mechanics was difficult. I was always trying to do something different to make it click. ”

When you don't have one that you throw for strikes - they are good hitters - they can cancel out one pitch and go to another. Now I have four pitches. If one's not working, I've got three others. It makes the game totally different. ”

You can be a two-pitch guy and be successful, but your room for error is very small. ”

It's hard to be a two-pitch guy. People tell you that, but you don't really believe it. ”

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

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. ”