Jim Fleming
Jim Fleming
biggest design draft felt
It wasn't by design. It's because that's what we felt this draft had as its biggest value.
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.
anybody body charge command control good high kid mature physically pitches rare school
He is as advertised. He is very very mature for a high school kid and he is physically in charge of his body for a 6-foot-7 guy. That's very rare to see anybody who has good body control and command of his pitches with his size. He is very good.
extra needed
This is big for Chris. He needed some extra at-bats.
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.
both eventually expected good guys hitting potential reach start
Ramirez and Andino both have the potential to be very good with the bat. Guys like that eventually start hitting the way they are expected when they reach the big leagues.
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.
commercial land lots
Get in the market. Get in the game. The only way we are going to be able to get the commercial land we need is by assembling lots and rezoning them.
guy knows solid strong swing
He's always hit. He's a big, strong guy who has always been able to swing the bat. He knows how to play the game. He's a solid guy.
athlete book extremely talented
The book on him is he's an extremely talented athlete with a big ceiling.
eight forgetting free hard missed oh throws time
We missed eight free throws in the first half. Man, oh man, oh man, oh man. I'll have a hard time forgetting about this one.
body good high nice per projection school sticks stuff work
What sticks out about him is for how big he is, he has very good body control. He has a really nice delivery. This is not a work in progress. This isn't a projection guy, per se. There is always projection in high school kids. But there is a lot of good stuff already in place here with him.
advances along gary hope joe
We hope they're the two catchers of the future. We wanted Joe to see them and Gary Tuck to see them, and have them see all the pitching. It kind of advances them along a little bit.
feet mound throwing
We wanted him to get his feet back on the ground, to get him back on the mound throwing and improving.