Rich Dubee
Rich Dubee
Richard Peter Dubee, Jr.is the pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. He has previously coached at the Major League level for the Florida Marlinsand Philadelphia Phillies...
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He's in a battle with everybody and the inventory we have. Geoff made some big strides. He pitched down a lot better and came up with a sinking fastball and a slider to go along with that. The improvement of being under control and confident is the biggest thing.
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I think you've got to have some success -- catch a break, get on a roll or something, before you can get the confidence you'll need to make it over the long haul. Once you have success, you have something to build on.
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He was collapsing his backside a little. It's something he has had to deal with before, and he threw some fastballs that had a good angle, so I'm not too concerned.
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Hopefully, it'll be another pitch that's a lot more usable for him. It can be a serviceable pitch, something that might be able to get him a few easy outs over the course of a game.
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We're hoping to see a little more consistency. Hopefully, the breaking ball will continue to get better. But his command and consistency are something we'd like to see improve.
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You hate to say don't worry about the winning or losing, but if kids are pitching at the major league level at an early stage, maybe before they should be, it's important that they learn. They are going to have some down times. ... The player has to be pretty tough minded and a mentally strong person to be able to conquer a lot of that.
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You hate to say it, but there's a bit of a breaking in period, during when a guy gets needs a break, to pitch a good game and get good results, and the confidence grows. That's what we're trying to get now, a positive roll. He won a spot in Spring Training, and now he's battling to continue to pitch here. He's facing an 'A' lineup every night, but, as a pitcher, you have to be able to separate that and understand that it's about making pitches.