He can throw to both sides of the plate with all his pitches. If there is a way to get a hitter out and he knows it, he can execute it. |
He did a good job. He came into a tough situation, kept his composure and made some pitches. |
He did everything that he needed to do throughout the course of the spring. He did everything that he needed to do to earn the spot. |
He had a good set of eyes to watch guys in the bullpen. His biggest strength was always his consistency. He could throw a ball for a strike pretty much anytime he wanted to. |
He had a good, solid year. I'm happy the organization recognized it. It will be a good experience for him to spend some time here and see what it's all about. This is one of the steps that is part of the process of establishing yourself as a player. |
He hasn't needed it. But he's going to need something like that at the major league level. It's hard to pitch at the top of the strike zone. |
He knows how to put a hitter away. |
He knows what information I want, and I know he's accurate. I work off Chad's base. |
He lets me do my thing. If there's something he sees that he wants done, then he lets me know that he wants it done and I try and get it done. I'm open-minded to what he has to say. |
He needs to show he can pitch an entire season without being injured. Pitching 180 innings in the minor leagues is a steppingstone to pitching 200 in the major leagues. |
He pitched more like he did when he was pitching more aggressively: taking advantage of his strengths, staying away from getting in trouble with his weaknesses, |
He shows you a good, live arm. For what we're asking him to do, he's in shape to do that, as long as we don't push him. |
He throws four pitches for strikes, he keeps the ball down, gets a lot of ground balls and he's a strikeout pitcher. He's got a lot of innings pitched in the minor leagues and ... he has developed the consistency that's needed to pitch at this level. We feel it's important he get his feet on the ground up here (in St. Louis) for the time in the future when he's a starter. |
He was struggling with his delivery and his control. His pitches weren't sharp. But I told him it's a great sign because you're going to have 10, 12, 15 games during the season when it just isn't working. A lot of guys give in to that. But he didn't. He kept battling. |
He's a location and change of speeds pitcher. It takes a little time during the spring to get all of your pitches going and get comfortable with them. He's doing good. |