He made some mistakes, but from the fourth inning on, he located the ball. |
He made them hit the ball on the ground with regularity. He made some good pitches. |
He moved around pretty well. It wasn't in a game-like situation, but we tried to create some situations where he had to get off the mound and cover bases, and everything went pretty well. |
He needs to find a way to knock some of that rust off. And, hopefully, he did (Thursday). |
He needs to get a feel back. |
He only had five balls on the ground. He wasn't sharp. |
He painted himself in a corner and fought his way out. That showed some pitch ability. One, some fortitude, two, and some more gray hairs on the manager, three. |
He painted himself into a corner and pitched himself out. |
He pitched a good ball game. He was very efficient, threw strikes and changed speeds. We've seen him in a Pirates uniform and he's a no-nonsense guy who comes right after people. |
He pitched without the fastball we've seen previous to this, |
He played short catch yesterday and long toss today. We'll try to get him up on a slope and throw tomorrow, and see where we go from there. He's making good progress, though. |
He really struggled to throw any strikes (on the third-base side) of the plate, |
He says he feels fine. We'll monitor it. He's going to get some rest. |
He showed us what we needed to see to have confidence in his ability to put him in the game at any time, at any place in the outfield or as part of the lineup. |
He thinks he's found something, a little something to keep his head centered and still on the plate. He made better pitches. His fastball command improved as a the spring went on, his breaking ball sharpened up. He feels confident going into the season. |