Mark Connor
Mark Connor
Mark Peter Connoris a former pitching coach for the Baltimore Orioles and Texas Rangers. Before his coaching career, he was a minor league pitcher from 1971 through 1972 who batted and threw right-handed...
averages basically eight innings past spring takes training typical
He's not ready. It's his typical Spring Training regimen. If you look at his past, he basically averages eight innings in 'A' games, even back when he was in Atlanta. His first spring they pitched him 20 innings and he basically had a 10.00 ERA. It takes him a while to get going.
breaking fastball impressed seems tough
He's impressed everybody. He locates his fastball and his breaking ball is plus. He's very quiet, it's tough to get a 'Hi' out of him, but he seems like he's on a mission. He should be.
thrown
He probably would have thrown more, but I told him to stop.
everybody guys hands instead interfere relax throws trying until
I told the coaches, hands off until everybody throws at least one or two times. Let them relax instead of trying to make suggestions to guys we don't know yet. They get evaluated in games, so we don't want them to do anything that will interfere with their preparations.
ball good moving people progress throwing time
The ball was moving good today. He was throwing it over the plate. If he does that, he'll get people out. There's progress each time out.
basic
On a very basic level, that's kind of what it comes down to,
baseball command depends far stay
It just depends on his command and how he's feeling, as far as how long he'll stay there. We want him healthy.
beat fair good
It was a good game. They beat us fair and square.
certain expects focus hard looks perfect pitch pitches trying
I want him to focus on making one pitch at a time. Sometimes it looks like he's trying to make 10 pitches and pressing to a certain degree, trying to make the perfect pitch. It's hard to do this with a lot of tension, it's hard to do anything with a lot of tension. He's pressing because he expects a lot out of himself.
came felt threw time
He threw really good. It's the first time he felt like everything came together.
best far hot playing strongest swing terms third
This is my third Hot Swing album, and I feel it is the strongest of the three, ... I think my playing on it is the best so far in terms of the style.
happiness happy mechanics strikes threw time
I was happy with Padilla. He got through two innings, no problem. He threw strikes for the most part. His mechanics were a little off, but he still got through it. It is the first time out for these guys.
good pitch
It could be a good pitch for him.