Jim Tracy
Jim Tracy
good relieve
It could end up being a good thing and relieve some tightness,
good nice pitches
I thought he did a nice job; he battled and made some good pitches when he had to.
good strikes threw ton
We threw a ton of strikes and we made some very good 0-2 pitches.
belongs good kid knows looks offensive
He's a good little offensive player. He looks like he belongs in the majors. This kid knows how to play. And he's a winner.
baseball good looks number player
He's been terrific. He looks to me like a very good baseball player and a very good number two hitter.
care choices couple fastball few good life numbers pitches quality seen strike throwing
I don't care what the numbers suggest. I thought the life to his fastball was as good as we've seen all spring. I think there could have been a couple different choices he made in a few two-strike counts, but I'll tell you: He was throwing nothing but quality pitches in the strike zone. ... He was actually too fine.
blue club good pick sit talk thus until
I could sit here and talk about those things until I'm blue in the face, but those are things if you're going to become a good club you have to pick up on and capitalize. Thus far, we've not been able to do that.
ball good ground indication march pitchers positive sign starting
He got 13 ground ball outs, and that's good for a nine-inning game. That's an indication of how well he pitched. That's a very positive sign ... It's March 18th, and you want to see your pitchers starting to sharpen.
bad days gets good
He's going to have a lot more good days than bad days, because he gets it.
fourth game good three
We made the most of three first-inning runs. The reason: Derek Lowe. For the fourth game in a row, he's been phenomenal. Not good, not great, but phenomenal. I can not say enough good things about Derek Lowe.
command consistency course delivery fifth fourth good hurdle maintain needs next overcome throughout
He was real good early, and then his command wavered some there in the fourth and fifth inning. The next hurdle that he needs to overcome is to maintain the consistency of his delivery throughout the course of his start. He's making strides.
behind early good zone
He was fine. He was up in the zone early and pitched from behind more than I'd like, but he had good stuff.
gave good run
Only the one run wasn't going to be good enough, and we gave them two others.
club disruption far felt focus good loss players slate strongly wipe work
I would be remiss if I said there were not philosophical differences as far as the club and how we put it together, what would work and not work. The disruption and focus loss with players is not good for anyone. That's where I felt strongly that it was important to wipe the slate clean.