Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
caught certainly good ryan
I thought Ryan caught a good game. He certainly will go back out there.
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Pitching and defense has been the name of the game in baseball forever. I don't care what level you're playing at. My philosophy since I started managing has been that, before you can look at any other phases, you've got to feel fairly comfortable that you've got some people who can pitch and you've got to be able to catch the ball. If you can't do either one, your chances of being very good are slim.
bit build good next opening time
I thought he had a very good workout. ... I think it's a good one to build on. His next time out, you get him out there a little bit further, he's set up to go for Opening Day.
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We had something going on in the fifth, it looked like we had a chance to get back in the game, but they cut the inning off. We took some good at-bats off him, we created some opportunity for ourselves ... but from watching him, he's got a crisp fastball and his breaking ball also is very sharp.
attitude forward good looking seeing three
We have three good catchers. Our attitude is we're looking forward to seeing what they can do.
ahead entering good hitting life pitch seen
Go ahead and take that gun. What was important was the life of the pitch when it's entering the hitting area. That was as good as I've seen him.
bad days gets good
He's going to have a lot more good days than bad days, because he gets it.
fourth game good three
We made the most of three first-inning runs. The reason: Derek Lowe. For the fourth game in a row, he's been phenomenal. Not good, not great, but phenomenal. I can not say enough good things about Derek Lowe.
command consistency course delivery fifth fourth good hurdle maintain needs next overcome throughout
He was real good early, and then his command wavered some there in the fourth and fifth inning. The next hurdle that he needs to overcome is to maintain the consistency of his delivery throughout the course of his start. He's making strides.
behind early good zone
He was fine. He was up in the zone early and pitched from behind more than I'd like, but he had good stuff.
ball good ground indication march pitchers positive sign starting
He got 13 ground ball outs, and that's good for a nine-inning game. That's an indication of how well he pitched. That's a very positive sign ... It's March 18th, and you want to see your pitchers starting to sharpen.
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If this kid maintains the same type of mentality and approach that he possesses right now, it's a matter of time before you start strongly talking about the fact that he is a candidate to come here and start a Major League game. I look at this guy as being a very good starting pitcher some day.
blue club good pick sit talk thus until
I could sit here and talk about those things until I'm blue in the face, but those are things if you're going to become a good club you have to pick up on and capitalize. Thus far, we've not been able to do that.
good strikes threw ton
We threw a ton of strikes and we made some very good 0-2 pitches.