Jim Fleming
Jim Fleming
closer create last sudden todd year
Closers all of a sudden create themselves. Look at Todd Jones. He was a better closer last year than he was before.
afraid aggressive body pitchers pitches present strike tendency three tremendous wants
He's just about everything that you want. He's 6-foot-7 and has tremendous body control. He has three present pitches and a tremendous feel for pitching. He's aggressive and isn't afraid of contact. Young pitchers have a tendency to want to strike everyone out, but he just wants to get them out.
break calls focus hard pitch putting
He calls it a slider. You can call it a hard curveball because it's got a lot of break to it. That's the pitch we want him to focus on. It wasn't a new pitch. It was kind of eliminating one and putting more focus on the other.
biggest swing
The biggest thing is getting him healthy. It's not that anything has deteriorated. It's being able to get him to swing the bat.
athlete book extremely talented
The book on him is he's an extremely talented athlete with a big ceiling.
ability good guys stuff
It's can you win? These guys can win. It's a combination of having good stuff and having the ability to win.
biggest design draft felt
It wasn't by design. It's because that's what we felt this draft had as its biggest value.
best build next
If we can't build in Lehigh, the next best thing is to build on the periphery.