Dave Duncan
Dave Duncan
finds given opportunity pitcher
Sometimes that's what happens. Used in another role, given a different opportunity - a pitcher finds his strength.
ability advantage appear ball club game league major middle pitch shown type
He's shown that he has the ability to pitch at the major league level. Opportunities come in different ways. When you get them you have to take advantage of them. If he makes our ball club he'll probably appear in the middle of the game as a situational type left-hander.
benefit doubt
He's going to get every benefit of the doubt.
hard league major needed pitch strike top
He hasn't needed it. But he's going to need something like that at the major league level. It's hard to pitch at the top of the strike zone.
capable couple last weeks
I know the last couple of weeks we hadn't pitched as well as we're capable of pitching,
deserve happy help kids work
Granddad. These kids deserve all that they get from this sale. They work really hard, and I'm happy to help them in any way I can.
answer ask question
You can ask yourself that question and give yourself a better answer than I can give you. We'll know (today).
competition juices start
You get into competition, the juices start flowing.
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.
expect guys
We think we're a pitching-strong team. Our guys aren't doing anything they don't expect to do.
answers debate decision depth everybody five maintain question starting tells
The question answers itself. For there to just be a debate tells you something about the depth of our starting pitching. I think you could start any one of our five guys. But we're only going to use four. Everybody has the right to second-guess. That's part of it. Part of the decision is what you know about the person and the situation. At the same time, you try to maintain as much depth as you can.
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.
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.