Buddy Bell Pitch Quotations

Walk A-Rod? And pitch to Giambi? How about that one?

We have a real strict pitch count for these young kids and he was at 97. We were going to let him go between 95 and 100.

We have a really strict pitch count for these younger kids.

I don't know what he did when he went down to Triple-A, but there was just the feeling that he knew he could pitch up here. ... He's just been a completely different guy.

We didn't catch these guys at a real good time. You know what? We didn't pitch very well, and a big, big reason for that is they've got some guys who are extremely hot right now.

We're trying to figure out what we're going to do next with Bautista. I still don't think he's going to pitch for us this year, although he wants to.

I still don't think that he'll pitch for us. I know he wants to but ... he's talking about pitching winter ball and we're going to talk about that, too.

Right now, we're thinking he might pitch one, maybe two more times,

There were some things we needed him to do as far as his conditioning. We needed him to maintain his stuff, which he has. But his command has not been good. We're kind of giving him the benefit of the doubt. A lot of times, big-league guys go to Triple-A and don't pitch that well. We need him to give us a lift. He's a big-league guy.

I'm real paranoid about starting him now and without him being in the best possible condition to pitch a full season. That's my biggest concern. I don't know if he understands that or not.

I'm just concerned about his stamina and durability. He needs to work on getting up his pitch count. He hits 50 pitches and just kind of loses it.

He actually made a pretty good pitch to Manny. But, as you know, Manny has done that before.