Ted Lilly
Ted Lilly
Theodore Roosevelt "Ted" Lilly IIIis an American former professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball. Lilly attended Yosemite High School in Oakhurst, California, and Fresno City College. He played in MLB for the Montreal Expos, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth4 January 1976
believe capable club pieces together winning
I thought we really got the important pieces to kind of put together the club that I believe is capable of winning the division.
coming figure full last needed nice spring training year
It's nice to try to figure some things out right now, especially coming off the year I had last year. I needed to have a full spring training to come out here and kind of get tuned in and to try and get back to where I was in 2004.
nice pitch
It was nice to go out there and feel completely healthy, to pitch decently,
camp coming group nice rest spring training
It's nice coming into camp and being able to do the things the rest of the group is doing. I don't want to have to play catch-up in Spring Training again.
behind command count guys hit last none remember three time top walked
My command was pretty terrible, obviously. I can't remember the last time I've hit three batters in one game, walked two guys on top of that and pitched behind in the count so much. None of that was good.
against ball club days gave mean potent ran team three threw throwing today tough year york
Every year, they're going to have a pretty potent lineup. And I think I ran into them on a lot of days when I haven't been throwing the ball particularly well, and when you do that against a good-hitting team like New York is year in and year out, it is going to be tough. Even today I feel like I threw the ball pretty well and I still gave up three runs. I mean it's just a tough club to really go out there and control.
coming definitely efficient spring starts wish
I just wish I was more efficient and that definitely starts with command. That's kind of my No. 1 thing coming into spring training, locating the baseball.
both break career club prove second seems trying whatever whether year
I don't think ... I know it's a big year for both the club and myself. But it seems like every year that I've had in my career is a big year, whether it be the first one when you're trying to break in and prove yourself or the second one to prove the first one was no fluke, whatever the reasons.
ball believed certainly expects four goal guys high last types wins
The organization expects me to be a significant contributor and I certainly expect that of myself. When I go into any season, the last four years, I believed that I was going to get the ball 30-32 times, if healthy. I want to be one of those guys who wins 20 games. That's always been a goal of mine. Even after last year, I still have those types of high expectations.