Brad Arnsberg
Brad Arnsberg
Bradley James Arnsbergis a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He has held the role of pitching coach for the Montreal Expos, Florida Marlins, Toronto Blue Jays, and Houston Astros. Now with the Arizona Diamondbacks, he currently resides in Cave Creek, Arizona with his wife, Shelley. They have two children, Kyle and Kaden. Kyle graduated with his bachelor's and master's degree from Louisiana Tech University, and is currently the New York Yankees bullpen catcher. Kaden is attending Northern Arizona University...
command flashes knows looks pitcher wants
He's had little flashes where he looks like a big-league pitcher again. But he knows his command is not where he wants it to be.
cold concern degrees entered somewhat sunny
The cold has never entered my mind. Ideally, you would like it 80 degrees and sunny out, but you're not going to get that. Obviously, that day would be somewhat of a concern, but is it a concern right now? Not really.
ball date projected toe year
Hopefully, this thing subsides and he's going to be able to toe that slab here before the year is over, but we have no projected date for him, ... There's no way he's going to be able to take the ball in Anaheim.
along coming stretch tomorrow
He's coming along slowly. Tomorrow is the first day he is actually going to stretch it out.
early means throw unless
There's no use having him throw unless he's close. And if that means early September, it's early September.
felt might second whatever
He thought he might have felt whatever in the first inning and then in the second inning it just didn't come around.
felt guard kid time
You've got to guard him with kid gloves. We did that the first time and felt good.
finds himself hopefully integral leagues open program ready spots understand
There's not any spots open in that bullpen, but he's got to understand what an integral part of this program he is. I've said to other guys, 'You're ready for the big leagues, but the big leagues aren't ready for you.' Hopefully he finds himself in that spot.
ball kept last throwing
It was better than the last one. He spotted the ball exceptionally well and kept the ball down, throwing all of his pitches.
five hoping innings
We're hoping to go five innings, and 15-pitch innings to get him up to 75 pitches,
accelerate calls
We have to let him make the calls from now on. It's up to him to accelerate his rate. We want it done right the first time.
couple decided dinner expect field hundred implement maybe nights per pleased surprise talking walking work
We've been talking about making an adjustment. We went to dinner a couple of nights and he wanted to work on it right then. He didn't want to wait. I was walking off the field and he decided he wanted to implement what we were talking about doing. Did it surprise me? Maybe a little, because I didn't expect it this early. Am I pleased about it? One hundred per cent.
almost anybody continues gain gets knew pleasure steam year
To be able to say: 'Oh yeah, we knew this year was going to come,' I don't think anybody would go on-line and say that. He just continues to gain steam and he just gets better and better almost every outing. It really has been a pleasure to watch.
baseball bit bothered skip weight
The only thing that bothered him a little bit is when they had him skip, just to put all the weight on it. That didn't go as well as he was hoping, but everything else was right up to par. ... As he said, 'When am I ever going to skip on the baseball field?'