Mike Arbuckle
Mike Arbuckle
candidate guy picture
He's another guy in the picture who's a candidate if we need a pitcher.
ability actions missed nearly opportunity perform productive rather sooner stretch
If his ability is what we think it is, the opportunity will be here, sooner rather than later. Realistically, you can't put a timetable, because he's missed nearly two years of productive development time. He's got to perform at Triple-A over a stretch of time, and his actions over that stretch will show us when he has to be in Philadelphia.
sometime talking
It may be sometime this year. I don't think we're talking about something way down the road.
answer class fastball innings level looking main miles per production
The main thing is he's been able to answer the bell. His fastball is up to 93 miles per hour. The Class AAA innings and production at that level are what we're looking for.
bring fit fits hopefully looking present situation situations table unique
Each situation is unique in itself. So I don't think you try to fit yourself into situations - you present what you bring to the table and hopefully it fits what the club's looking for.
believe help league looks major ready
We need to get some looks at him and make a decision. This will give us a better reading. We want to get him ready to go, because we believe he can help us at the Major League level. He understands that's the circumstance.
We see a lot of 95s and 96s from this kid.
ability accelerate against best felt question time
Because of the time he's missed, we wanted to accelerate him, and felt the best way to do that was to put him against more experienced Triple-A hitters. We've never had a question about ability or command; it's just been health.
ball reports throwing
He's throwing the ball well, and our reports are all positive.