"He kind of embraces it to a point where it's like, 'All right, I know I got my work in, but I'm not going to kill myself out here right now this early because the better good is coming later,'" Steverson said. "At the same time, he's a competitor and he wants all of his at-bats and he wants them all to be quality. … The fire is there even when these games don't really go on the back of your baseball card."