"This guy wants to win as bad as anybody I've seen," Bowa said. "He takes it personally when we lose. I'm sure he's starting to understand this: He could go 0 for 24, and the way he plays out there, he saves a ton of runs. I tried to tell him that in spring training. You don't have to hit .300 to be a leader. I think he's well aware of that. Everybody in there respects the way he plays."