Darren Balsley Quotations

His stuff is as good as I've ever seen from him.

We worked on some very small things. We just went back to basics, worked on getting the ball down, better fastball command, fastballs down and away.

It's hard to tell off one session, but he looks a lot better. It usually takes him a couple mound sessions to get his mechanics straight.

I guarantee you, he'll ask. He responds to the spotlight.

In the bullpen, his command was as good as anybody we have. Leaving the bullpen, I thought he was going to have a fantastic game.

He's the hardest worker I've ever seen, position player or pitcher. He's always giving it a little extra, whether it's running, work in the weight room, whatever he needs to do.

I believe it does take tall pitchers longer to put it together. Look at Johnson. It took him a few extra years. The parts that go into the mechanics of a delivery are longer. It just seems to take a tall pitcher longer to get to that point where they can repeat their delivery.