He's ready when he's ready, I don't want to kill a brain cell thinking about it. |
I don't know why. But if we weren't that way, we'd be way out of it by now. |
I don't think he's the same guy in his first four starts that he was in spring training. I think he's heading in that direction, but he's not there right now. |
I felt, ... like I got kicked in the soul. |
I got to know him very well. He is a great guy. |
If you can change speeds and locate, that may be better than throwing 99 or 100. |
If you cook a meal for the first time the recipe is going to change. |
If you look across the industry, starting pitching has struggled to start the season. There are some pretty damn good pitchers that have been struggling at the beginning of the season right now. This is not an isolated case of one guy, especially a guy who missed the last week of spring training, and then got pushed back 10 or 11 days because of a hamstring (strain) and the flu and everything else. |
If you want to hit the target, |
If you want to lose 15 pounds, it's not fair to get on the scale the first day of your diet and be discouraged if you didn't lose any weight. If your process and frame of mind are correct, then you'll lose the weight. It's the same thing with Jorge. He's learning the process, and soon he'll see ? we'll all see ? the results. |
It was a big step forward. He had command of all his pitches. He had a lot of stamina. All in all, it was a good day. |
It was a big step forward. He showed command of all his pitches and showed a lot of stamina. |
It was a confidence booster for all of us (with the starter role). Had we not had the need in the bullpen (last season) he would have stayed in the rotation. |
It's a huge emotional lift for the club. It's the last step and you realize you have all your guys back. |
It's impossible for him to change. That's what he does, and what makes Pedro so great is he focuses on making pitches, not how his body moves. |