Dave Duncan
Dave Duncan
competition last nice sure toughest weeks
Unfortunately, the toughest competition comes the last two weeks of spring, and I'm not sure where we're going to be (with the starters). It would be nice to be able to see them all in the toughest competition of spring. Will we be able to? I'm not sure yet.
physically train
To be a vert guy, you have to train and put on your gear. It's physically demanding.
guy knows track
We'd like to see him get on track and feel better about himself. He's an important guy for us. He knows that.
good played
We want to keep Marquis live, ... It's a possibility, a good possibility. It's an idea we've played with.
We'll see how that goes. It's a long season.
patient
We'll see how patient they are in St. Louis. If they're the same, I'll be impressed.
build confidence good
We're going to try and do that as often as we can between now and the end. He had a good day (Monday), and that's a positive. Confidence comes from succeeding. He can build confidence this way.
changes expect tomorrow unless
Unless something changes tomorrow or Friday, I expect he'll be out there.
afraid aggressive ball bottom keeping pitch pitching strike zone
We're not afraid to use Hancock. As long as he's pitching the way we think he should pitch, which is aggressive and keeping the ball in the bottom of the strike zone for the most part, he can pitch in any part of the game.
couple goes happens innings line saturday
We'll see what happens Tuesday. If (Marquis) can get a couple innings on Tuesday, that would line him up for Saturday and then we'll see what goes from there.
facing ready seeing situations start
From here on out he's going to start seeing more situations like that and he's going to be facing big lefthanders. And he's going to have to be ready to start getting them out.
matter stuff swing
His stuff is there, it's just going to be a matter of time. He'll get into the swing of things.
ball few hopefully looking velocity
His velocity is there, and he's more consistently getting the ball down. A few more outings and hopefully he'll be what we're looking for.
benefit doubt
He's going to get every benefit of the doubt.