Dave Duncan
Dave Duncan
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.
easy game goes last needs nine somewhere starts talk trying
He's just trying to do too much. Is it because he goes 4-5 (in his last nine starts before the game)? Somewhere in there you do something different, and if you get off your game it's easy to talk about and not easy to get back on it. He needs to get back on his game.
associated award blue dominant guy
I think the only other guy I've been associated with who was that dominant was (AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner) Vida Blue in 1971. It's just no contest.
direction gone playing
As I told Flores, if we were playing a different team, we may have gone a different direction.
contribute expect game gets
If Looper gets his game back, which I expect he will, he can contribute as much as Tavarez, if not more.
preference throw understand
He's someone you don't know. It's a concern. I'd like him here to see him throw and get in shape. I also understand sometimes things happen. But my preference would be that he be here.
hitter knows
He knows how to put a hitter away.
due identify precisely
But due to the destructiveness of the explosion, we can't precisely identify what happened.
benefits consider depends fifth gain guy looking pitches sitting
It depends a lot on who the fifth guy is. You have to consider how long he's going to be sitting out before he pitches again, No. 1, and what benefits you're looking to gain from that.
course earn needed throughout
He did everything that he needed to do throughout the course of the spring. He did everything that he needed to do to earn the spot.
added basic pitcher strike
I got started with a basic thought. I wanted to know how each pitcher got strike one. Once I did that, I added this and then that.
agreed difficult efforts games himself needs putting situations start talked thinks wants
I don't think (Looper) is where he needs to be yet, and I don't think he thinks he's where he wants to be yet. I know he's not because we talked about it. It's a long season. I think it's more important we concentrate our efforts into getting him into some games and some situations where it's not critical. That way he can re-establish himself before we start putting him into difficult situations. He agreed with me.
early simply
It's real early in the process. Right now, we just simply don't know how it's going to look in the end.