"Being the player, bringing all the attention, whatever the case may be, contract, me being under the microscope, everything I'm doing is looked at a little bit extra hard," he said. "Regardless, it's not my decision. I've just got to go out there and do my job, regardless of whoever is in control and the decisions that are being made. I have a job to do, which I get paid to do, is give it my best effort. That's one thing I can say, regardless of the dropped balls or whatever happened, it's not like it's happening on purpose."