Brian Graham
Brian Graham
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The experience at the higher level for pitchers is invaluable. For example, the idea that when he attacks a batter inside with a fastball and then tries to double up with a fastball and the guy hits it. You need to start recognizing and realizing hitters' tendencies as a pitcher, and you need to pitch off your experience.
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What a great thing to have your first-year kids learning lessons from a guy who played the game like that.
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Certainly, the coaches deserve a lot of the credit because they've kept these guys going. In addition, the rest of the team has maintained the level of play that's necessary to be successful.
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You have a room full of about 60 college guys and you couldn't hear a sound. It was devastating for us,
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Mike Johnston is a competitor. He's a guy that cares about his job. I have confidence that he's going to get back to the big leagues.
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This guy does a lot of things well. We have to decide where he fits best and where his best development slot is. It's not a matter of where he plays. It's gotten down to a matter of where he hits in the batting order.
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Patrick was just a wonderful person. He was the guy who lit up the room.
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There was a need early on with the Pirates that you had to bring guys to the big leagues because you had to have people to fill positions.
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You can't put a time-table on anybody. Sometimes it's necessity. Sometime it's the right circumstance. But I'm fairly confident that you're going to see all of them eventually. That talent in these guys is just too great.
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We've got some great arms in this organization. It's a little bit scary if you stop and think about it.
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Jose Bautista needs at-bats. He's shown he has that power, that he can hit at Class AA, which was exactly the right level for him last year. If he does the same thing in Indianapolis this year, then he's earned the chance to be the everyday third baseman in Pittsburgh.
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Michael worked ahead in the count most of the game, and we made some plays behind him. Wilson has been coming on lately after struggling early in the season. We are counting on him to be a big stick.
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You just have to know something like that to have a good at-bat in that situation. Our purpose in doing this is to see where they are and adjust our teachings accordingly.
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We've been extremely honest and straight with players in terms of development and why they're staying at certain levels. Players need to perform. They just don't get promoted based on potential. It's performance-based, same as in the big leagues.