He's been very impressive. I didn't know anything about him really, but he's done a good job. |
He's going to get every benefit of the doubt. |
He's got a golden arm. |
He's got a lot of talent. He's from Los Angeles, so hopefully that will be a good situation for him. |
He's just got to be consistent. In order to pitch in the big leagues, you've got to be consistent. |
He's just trying to do too much. Is it because he goes 4-5 (in his last nine starts before the game)? Somewhere in there you do something different, and if you get off your game it's easy to talk about and not easy to get back on it. He needs to get back on his game. |
He's not getting the results that he would like to be getting. But I look at it a different way. I look at the overall quality of the pitches that he's making. Right now, he's getting no breaks. You take four ground-ball hits [Friday], really resulted in four runs. Is that poor pitching, or is that bad luck? He's not getting the breaks right now. |
He's not locating the ball where he needs to locate the ball. |
He's respected, and people listen to him. That's a big part of coaching. If they don't listen to you, it doesn't matter what you tell them. |
He's shown that he has the ability to pitch at the major league level. Opportunities come in different ways. When you get them you have to take advantage of them. If he makes our ball club he'll probably appear in the middle of the game as a situational type left-hander. |
He's someone you don't know. It's a concern. I'd like him here to see him throw and get in shape. I also understand sometimes things happen. But my preference would be that he be here. |
He's trying to throw too hard, trying to make it break too much, to make it better than it is. It doesn't need to be any better than it is. But when you increase your effort, you come out of your delivery and it affects your command. |
His approach was better and his execution was better. I thought his stuff was good. I kept seeing those radar gun readings and I don't think they were accurate. |
His stuff is there, it's just going to be a matter of time. He'll get into the swing of things. |
His velocity is there, and he's more consistently getting the ball down. A few more outings and hopefully he'll be what we're looking for. |