Clint Hurdle
Clint Hurdle
Clinton Merrick Hurdleis an American former professional baseball outfielder and current manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. Hurdle played in MLB for the Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and St. Louis Cardinals, and has also managed for the Colorado Rockies...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 July 1957
CityBig Rapids, MI
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Jamey's a spot starter in Kim's spot, ... We've seen Jamey start 40 times in the last year and a half, I feel very solid about my feelings about Jamey.
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Our goal was to give them something to hold onto over the winter. At the start of the season, we knew we had a difficult task in front of us, a lot of challenges. A lot of opportunities were extended to a lot of young players. And a lot of young players answered.
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We are new at this. We are starting to like it. We need to keep it going. Each one is a confidence builder. Each one helps the guys feel they belong. Guys each get a chance, and when they perform, they feel good about themselves.
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We're starting to make some marks in the right direction on the road. The layout of the land behind us is what it is. We can't change that. We can change what's in front of us.
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We have a starting pitcher on the disabled list right now and he will come off sometime this season. So competition, there's always competition.
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If we get that kind of effort (one run allowed by Jennings in seven innings) from our starting pitching, we are going to be in good shape.
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This will be a very exciting day for him. He's put in as much hard work into becoming a starting opening-day player as anybody that we've ever had. He's had 11 years in the minor leagues and to get this nod at this time in his career has to be very gratifying.
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Everything will start to come into focus and we will pay more attention to detail.
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There has really not been any separation. We don't have a fifth starter right now.
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There's nothing wrong with that. Now you can start adding up the one- and two-year players and see that we've got a lot of youth on our side.
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He's the best hitter in the league that nobody knows about, from my perspective. He's starting to get talked about more, but he's a real good hitter.
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He's not making his best pitches in traffic in his three starts so far. That's the next step for him.
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He's not going to be invited back to be a part of the starting rotation. We have interest in bringing him back, but it's only in the bullpen.
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If he wants to be back with this team it won't be as part of the starting rotation. He has to see the bullpen as his opportunity.