Ryan Doumit
Ryan Doumit
Ryan Matthew Doumitis an American former professional baseball catcher in Major League Baseball. He played the first seven years of his career for the Pittsburgh Pirates, then two for the Minnesota Twins, and one for the Atlanta Braves...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth3 April 1981
brains good great learned pick player
Cota is a great player and we've got a good rapport. I learned a lot from him. I pick his brains because he's been there. He's been real supportive.
kindness stand year
I kind of know where I stand this year in the organization. I know what I have to do.
buttons luck panic push
It's going to come. I'm not going to push any panic buttons yet. Our luck is going to change.
adjustment compete easy guys learned takes team took wing
It was up-and-down year. But I learned a lot. I learned what it takes to compete at the big-league level. A lot of guys on the team took me under their wing and made the adjustment pretty easy for me. They showed me the ropes.
hitting ninth sooner taken timely until
Unfortunately, it's taken us until the ninth inning to get back into every game. Timely hitting has to come sooner than the ninth.
caught good guys last leagues major minor relationship rotation worked year
We have a young rotation and I worked with a lot of those guys in the minor leagues and caught a lot of them last year in the major leagues as a rookie. I feel like I have a pretty good relationship with all the pitchers.