Closers all of a sudden create themselves. Look at Todd Jones. He was a better closer last year than he was before. |
Don't worry. He'll get better. |
Everybody is being challenged and not rushed. |
Get in the market. Get in the game. The only way we are going to be able to get the commercial land we need is by assembling lots and rezoning them. |
He calls it a slider. You can call it a hard curveball because it's got a lot of break to it. That's the pitch we want him to focus on. It wasn't a new pitch. It was kind of eliminating one and putting more focus on the other. |
He has a tremendous upside. |
He is as advertised. He is very very mature for a high school kid and he is physically in charge of his body for a 6-foot-7 guy. That's very rare to see anybody who has good body control and command of his pitches with his size. He is very good. |
He's always been able to swing the bat. He's cut out of the Lemke mold. He's like the guys who play for the A's; they swing the bat and play hard. |
He's always hit. He's a big, strong guy who has always been able to swing the bat. He knows how to play the game. He's a solid guy. |
He's just about everything that you want. He's 6-foot-7 and has tremendous body control. He has three present pitches and a tremendous feel for pitching. He's aggressive and isn't afraid of contact. Young pitchers have a tendency to want to strike everyone out, but he just wants to get them out. |
I saw him throw 97-98 [mph]. A second pitch will be his big objective. |
If we can't build in Lehigh, the next best thing is to build on the periphery. |
It wasn't by design. It's because that's what we felt this draft had as its biggest value. |
It's can you win? These guys can win. It's a combination of having good stuff and having the ability to win. |
Ramirez and Andino both have the potential to be very good with the bat. Guys like that eventually start hitting the way they are expected when they reach the big leagues. |