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I thought he handled a couple of challenges very well. I thought his first 10 pitches were up a bit,...
CLINT HURDLE Frederick threw well, located his pitches well. He was in total command of the strike zone.
STEVE GRELLER That was his best outing. He threw four pitches for strikes and he pounded the strike zone.
JIM TRACY He had good command of his cutter. He was getting strike one with his fastball and then cutting all ...
CHAD MOELLER He made it look easy. He had good command of his cutter. He was getting strike one with his fastball...
CHAD MOELLER He is brilliant in terms of velocity and control and he has good off-speed pitches too. Only one of ...
HIDEKI MATSUI Jeremy wasn't real sharp. His rhythm wasn't real good. He was kind of out of sync, overthrowing some...
JIM LEYLAND The cutter, at times, was very nice. This was a typical Spring Training game where the pitcher was b...
BENGIE MOLINA He got ahead of a lot of hitters, and his command was amazing. It's hard to hit a guy whose command ...
JOSE MOLINA His fastball command was a little erratic, but the command on his offspeed pitches was there, and hi...
MIKE SCIOSCIA He looked to me like he regained his old form. His velocity was up, his command was really good. He'...
SAM PERLOZZO Russ just lost it in a hurry. He threw the ball great for three innings and then lost his command. H...
BOB MELVIN [Chris] didn't have his normal command of his pitches. That's the sign of good pitcher when he can n...
JOE SZEKELY Any young pitcher who has stuff like Brito does, (needs) consistency. (He) has to be able to command...
JOHN RUSSELL Solo home runs can't hurt you if you're pitching that way. His command was better in the strike zone...
JOEL SKINNER![]()
I felt pretty good. I made some really good pitches. I think I officially had the tightest [strike] ...
TIM HUDSON Casey threw the ball really well, and had great command of his pitches. He was consistent for seven ...
GREG KAATZ He did a very good job here with his pitches. He knew he had to hit the corners, didn't get many pit...
BENGIE MOLINA His fastball was very dominant tonight, and he had great control of all of his pitches. He threw a g...
AARON MISASI He had good control and he mixed his pitches well.
BRIAN DALLAS All of our strikeouts were really on pitches out of the strike zone.
JOHN COHEN He did a good job tonight. He gave up his first earned run this season tonight, so his been consiste...
JOE HARTFIELD He knows the strike zone, makes a lot of contact and doesn't swing at bad pitches. He has a lot of g...
AL AVILA He didn't have command of his pitches like in other games, but he battled and pitched well in tough ...
JOE HUGHES That guy pitched a great game. He was on all night, throwing all his pitches for strikes.
DERIN MCMAINS Woody was great, ... He did a terrific job. He was getting up there in pitches. He had good command,...
BRUCE BOCHY Gibran was Mr. Slick. He's very stylized. He had good command of the text and his own voice. He just...
DAYVID FIGLER Jared only threw 70 pitches through seven innings. He did a tremendous job of filling up the strike ...
BILL WRIGHT His command has always been his strength. When he's on, he's got three plus pitches. He just suffere...
CHARLIE CORBELL He's very comfortable out there and nothing ever rattles him. To me he's like Tudor just in his abil...
BIEN FIGUEROA![]()
He did a great job. He just kind of teased the strike zone, throwing borderline pitches and making y...
DEREK JETER He pitched great. He had some big strikeouts when he needed them. His command was better today, he h...
JAY SUTTON Victor has a lot of movement on his pitches, so sometimes he's going to be out of the zone. But this...
WILLIE RANDOLPH [His opponents have recognized his potential from first-hand experience.] He was pretty impressive, ...
BOB SCHAEFER He's always tough, but we had a pretty good approach. It seemed like his command wasn't exactly wher...
HANK BLALOCK He kept his pitch count down, he had pretty good command. He always has good command of his pitching...
ERIC NIESLANIK Their starting pitcher had two really tough pitches. His fastball was moving all over the place, and...
DANNY DIAZ He threw the ball well. He was able to use all his pitches, his slider, his changeup and his fastbal...
BILL EVERS Myers was very poised on the mound and had excellent control of all of his pitches.
DAN KAISER She pitched well. We had the first two girls on in the top of the first and couldn't score them. She...
BRIAN CAHOON I'm just getting more comfortable all the time. I'm trying to find the strike zone more with my offs...
JOE BLANTON He had us in a hole all night. He found the strike zone and he said, 'hit it,' and we didn't.
PHIL GARNER He had all his pitches working and he was able to locate all of them. He was real strong early in th...
GARY MCNAMARA He was collapsing his backside a little. It's something he has had to deal with before, and he threw...
RICH DUBEE He was very nice, very good within his group. He was very complete and well-balanced.
JACK WARD Rob was pretty dominating on the mound. All his pitches were strikes and he did everything we could ...
RYAN HUNTER He looked strong. He had a lot of velocity, a lot of speed to his pitches.
BENGIE MOLINA He had all three of his pitches working and had some key strikeouts with runners on base. He pitched...
MIKE SHIMEK He had great control of his pitches. He kept the hitters off balance.
ROWLAND SKINNER I thought I had good command of all my pitches. I thought I changed speeds really well, and [catcher...
BRUCE CHEN He's in a zone. He believes in himself and he's swinging at good pitches.
RUDY JARAMILLO Sanchez had his game on. All of his pitchers were working pretty good. His fastball at the end was h...
LUIS DORANTE He battled even though he didn't have good command of his fastball.
ERIC WEDGE His bread and butter is his sinker, ... He couldn't get it down. We had to use other pitches.
JOHNNY ESTRADA I was very pleased. I'm sure Eric feels good about what he did. He had a little extra on his fastbal...
WAYNE KRIVSKY Byrd threw good today. He had a lot of strikes and his command was better than it had been in his la...
JOEL SKINNER He made tons of big pitches. It is hard to believe that a guy making his first start would be so sha...
FELIPE ALOU He did a good job of making pitches when he needed to. We'd like to see him pitch ahead a bit more. ...
PHIL GARNER He had electric stuff, throwing the curveball in any count his fastball had good movement on it. It ...
GREG DOBBS He was only supposed to go two innings, but the way he threw, we stretched him out to three. He had ...
MIKE HARGROVE Talk about command ? he was in command all day. We established the fastball early. That made the pit...
GEOVANY SOTO We have to start laying off some pitches. We were swinging at pitches that were way out of the strik...
MICHELE CAHILL He's got a real good arm. His angle is really good.
JIM THOME![]()
Cal Ripken is steady, he focuses on his job, and he's a good guy.
BRADLEY WHITFORD He pitched well. R.A. had good command, and he threw 14 out of 21 first pitch strikes. That's impres...
BUCK SHOWALTER He threw a lot of pitches but made some pitches when he needed to. It was very fortunate that he mad...
BILL EVERS He has a second-to-none work ethic. He takes very good care of his body. He's the first guy on the i...
MATT THOMAS He's a guy that just gets better and better every outing. Today was just more of the same from him. ...
HECTOR RODRIGUEZ He looked good. He mixed up his pitches. He got one fastball up, I think to a lefty. But he hadn't p...
BENGIE MOLINA The thing I like about Martin's play was his defense. I thought with his four steals and his very go...
DAN DAKICH Jim is tenacious, a very capable guy. He doesn't have all the strengths of his dad, and he doesn't h...
ARTHUR SLOANE He's a pretty jovial guy. He's very loyal, a very religious guy, very family-oriented young man. His...
DOUG ALLISON His pitches had gotten up and certainly we did not want him to extend any further than he had extend...
LLOYD MCCLENDON He had all of his pitches. He located them well and got ahead of the batters. He did all the things ...
RICKY CRAWFORD It was rare, ... We've not seen that from him really all year. He couldn't find (the strike zone), a...
PHIL GARNER He tried to throw harder and harder, and his pitches straightened out and were up in the zone. There...
DAVE PANO I don't think I was anxious, ... I've always been a very aggressive hitter. When I make outs with pi...
VLADIMIR GUERRERO He's a guy that knows the strike zone well. We'll be giving him more opportunities.
BOBBY PIERCE He has to continue to get over the little hurdles that are going to make him a big-league pitcher. I...
BUD BLACK At the point guard position, he's just so much stronger than everybody else. Even when he gets a guy...
MARCUS KNOTT Right now he has real good command of his form and technique. He came out of basketball very strong,...
DAVE SELLON We had chances. He really struggled with his command and that got his pitch count up pretty fast. Bu...
CRAIG COUNSELL He had his back towards the net, it's pretty tough to kick it with your back towards the net. I don'...
MIKE SCHAFER He had a tremendous ERA. His walks [70] were up a little. But he came back as well as can be expecte...
GRANT GRIESSER He was a good guy and a good worker. We were all shocked. He was great to work with and we all enjoy...
BRANDON CURTIS![]()
And there stood Basta with his foot already on another dead body, smiling. Why not? He had hit his t...
CORNELIA FUNKE He usually throws strikes, so when he threw only one strike in his four pitches something was off. T...
MIKE GETKIN He pitched without his best stuff and threw some good pitches. What was impressive for a young pitch...
RICK ANDERSON He was outstanding. We're hoping for a rehab start next Tuesday or Wednesday. Today he looked good, ...
BRAD ARNSBERG He had a pretty good fire inside, and when he put his mind to something, he was going to make it wor...
DAVE DAVIS He had a pretty good fire inside, and when he put his mind to something, he was going to make it wor...
DAVE SOUTAR Everything he accomplished, he accomplished on his own. He had a sixth-grade education and built a p...
FRANK MONTGOMERY She pitched very well. I thought she had good control. She was around the strike zone. She mixed it ...
LES SHEPARD He's got great command of his slider, ... We always say you have to command your fastball. But he co...
BOBBY COX I know he's a free swinger, but at least half his strikeouts this spring have been looking. That lea...
TIM PURPURA His tempo was excellent, he kept hitters off balance with all three of his pitches, and he worked th...
JASON MACKEY We followed his lead. He was a solid leader and a good guy. He gets two checks in the good guy colum...
ALAN BOMSTEIN He spots his pitches very well. It's also not uncommon for him to go out and throw four or five pitc...
CRAIG ANDERSON Cameron had a great game. He played his position very well. He made a couple really great saves, but...
BRIAN ROLFE Chas did a heck of a job pitching. He had control of his pitches and was able to put the ball where ...
DONNIE ENGLISH
CLINT HURDLE Frederick threw well, located his pitches well. He was in total command of the strike zone.
STEVE GRELLER That was his best outing. He threw four pitches for strikes and he pounded the strike zone.
JIM TRACY He had good command of his cutter. He was getting strike one with his fastball and then cutting all ...
CHAD MOELLER He made it look easy. He had good command of his cutter. He was getting strike one with his fastball...
CHAD MOELLER He is brilliant in terms of velocity and control and he has good off-speed pitches too. Only one of ...
HIDEKI MATSUI Jeremy wasn't real sharp. His rhythm wasn't real good. He was kind of out of sync, overthrowing some...
JIM LEYLAND The cutter, at times, was very nice. This was a typical Spring Training game where the pitcher was b...
BENGIE MOLINA He got ahead of a lot of hitters, and his command was amazing. It's hard to hit a guy whose command ...
JOSE MOLINA His fastball command was a little erratic, but the command on his offspeed pitches was there, and hi...
MIKE SCIOSCIA He looked to me like he regained his old form. His velocity was up, his command was really good. He'...
SAM PERLOZZO Russ just lost it in a hurry. He threw the ball great for three innings and then lost his command. H...
BOB MELVIN [Chris] didn't have his normal command of his pitches. That's the sign of good pitcher when he can n...
JOE SZEKELY Any young pitcher who has stuff like Brito does, (needs) consistency. (He) has to be able to command...
JOHN RUSSELL Solo home runs can't hurt you if you're pitching that way. His command was better in the strike zone...
JOEL SKINNER
I felt pretty good. I made some really good pitches. I think I officially had the tightest [strike] ... TIM HUDSON Casey threw the ball really well, and had great command of his pitches. He was consistent for seven ...
GREG KAATZ He did a very good job here with his pitches. He knew he had to hit the corners, didn't get many pit...
BENGIE MOLINA His fastball was very dominant tonight, and he had great control of all of his pitches. He threw a g...
AARON MISASI He had good control and he mixed his pitches well.
BRIAN DALLAS All of our strikeouts were really on pitches out of the strike zone.
JOHN COHEN He did a good job tonight. He gave up his first earned run this season tonight, so his been consiste...
JOE HARTFIELD He knows the strike zone, makes a lot of contact and doesn't swing at bad pitches. He has a lot of g...
AL AVILA He didn't have command of his pitches like in other games, but he battled and pitched well in tough ...
JOE HUGHES That guy pitched a great game. He was on all night, throwing all his pitches for strikes.
DERIN MCMAINS Woody was great, ... He did a terrific job. He was getting up there in pitches. He had good command,...
BRUCE BOCHY Gibran was Mr. Slick. He's very stylized. He had good command of the text and his own voice. He just...
DAYVID FIGLER Jared only threw 70 pitches through seven innings. He did a tremendous job of filling up the strike ...
BILL WRIGHT His command has always been his strength. When he's on, he's got three plus pitches. He just suffere...
CHARLIE CORBELL He's very comfortable out there and nothing ever rattles him. To me he's like Tudor just in his abil...
BIEN FIGUEROA
He did a great job. He just kind of teased the strike zone, throwing borderline pitches and making y... DEREK JETER He pitched great. He had some big strikeouts when he needed them. His command was better today, he h...
JAY SUTTON Victor has a lot of movement on his pitches, so sometimes he's going to be out of the zone. But this...
WILLIE RANDOLPH [His opponents have recognized his potential from first-hand experience.] He was pretty impressive, ...
BOB SCHAEFER He's always tough, but we had a pretty good approach. It seemed like his command wasn't exactly wher...
HANK BLALOCK He kept his pitch count down, he had pretty good command. He always has good command of his pitching...
ERIC NIESLANIK Their starting pitcher had two really tough pitches. His fastball was moving all over the place, and...
DANNY DIAZ He threw the ball well. He was able to use all his pitches, his slider, his changeup and his fastbal...
BILL EVERS Myers was very poised on the mound and had excellent control of all of his pitches.
DAN KAISER She pitched well. We had the first two girls on in the top of the first and couldn't score them. She...
BRIAN CAHOON I'm just getting more comfortable all the time. I'm trying to find the strike zone more with my offs...
JOE BLANTON He had us in a hole all night. He found the strike zone and he said, 'hit it,' and we didn't.
PHIL GARNER He had all his pitches working and he was able to locate all of them. He was real strong early in th...
GARY MCNAMARA He was collapsing his backside a little. It's something he has had to deal with before, and he threw...
RICH DUBEE He was very nice, very good within his group. He was very complete and well-balanced.
JACK WARD Rob was pretty dominating on the mound. All his pitches were strikes and he did everything we could ...
RYAN HUNTER He looked strong. He had a lot of velocity, a lot of speed to his pitches.
BENGIE MOLINA He had all three of his pitches working and had some key strikeouts with runners on base. He pitched...
MIKE SHIMEK He had great control of his pitches. He kept the hitters off balance.
ROWLAND SKINNER I thought I had good command of all my pitches. I thought I changed speeds really well, and [catcher...
BRUCE CHEN He's in a zone. He believes in himself and he's swinging at good pitches.
RUDY JARAMILLO Sanchez had his game on. All of his pitchers were working pretty good. His fastball at the end was h...
LUIS DORANTE He battled even though he didn't have good command of his fastball.
ERIC WEDGE His bread and butter is his sinker, ... He couldn't get it down. We had to use other pitches.
JOHNNY ESTRADA I was very pleased. I'm sure Eric feels good about what he did. He had a little extra on his fastbal...
WAYNE KRIVSKY Byrd threw good today. He had a lot of strikes and his command was better than it had been in his la...
JOEL SKINNER He made tons of big pitches. It is hard to believe that a guy making his first start would be so sha...
FELIPE ALOU He did a good job of making pitches when he needed to. We'd like to see him pitch ahead a bit more. ...
PHIL GARNER He had electric stuff, throwing the curveball in any count his fastball had good movement on it. It ...
GREG DOBBS He was only supposed to go two innings, but the way he threw, we stretched him out to three. He had ...
MIKE HARGROVE Talk about command ? he was in command all day. We established the fastball early. That made the pit...
GEOVANY SOTO We have to start laying off some pitches. We were swinging at pitches that were way out of the strik...
MICHELE CAHILL He's got a real good arm. His angle is really good.
JIM THOME
Cal Ripken is steady, he focuses on his job, and he's a good guy. BRADLEY WHITFORD He pitched well. R.A. had good command, and he threw 14 out of 21 first pitch strikes. That's impres...
BUCK SHOWALTER He threw a lot of pitches but made some pitches when he needed to. It was very fortunate that he mad...
BILL EVERS He has a second-to-none work ethic. He takes very good care of his body. He's the first guy on the i...
MATT THOMAS He's a guy that just gets better and better every outing. Today was just more of the same from him. ...
HECTOR RODRIGUEZ He looked good. He mixed up his pitches. He got one fastball up, I think to a lefty. But he hadn't p...
BENGIE MOLINA The thing I like about Martin's play was his defense. I thought with his four steals and his very go...
DAN DAKICH Jim is tenacious, a very capable guy. He doesn't have all the strengths of his dad, and he doesn't h...
ARTHUR SLOANE He's a pretty jovial guy. He's very loyal, a very religious guy, very family-oriented young man. His...
DOUG ALLISON His pitches had gotten up and certainly we did not want him to extend any further than he had extend...
LLOYD MCCLENDON He had all of his pitches. He located them well and got ahead of the batters. He did all the things ...
RICKY CRAWFORD It was rare, ... We've not seen that from him really all year. He couldn't find (the strike zone), a...
PHIL GARNER He tried to throw harder and harder, and his pitches straightened out and were up in the zone. There...
DAVE PANO I don't think I was anxious, ... I've always been a very aggressive hitter. When I make outs with pi...
VLADIMIR GUERRERO He's a guy that knows the strike zone well. We'll be giving him more opportunities.
BOBBY PIERCE He has to continue to get over the little hurdles that are going to make him a big-league pitcher. I...
BUD BLACK At the point guard position, he's just so much stronger than everybody else. Even when he gets a guy...
MARCUS KNOTT Right now he has real good command of his form and technique. He came out of basketball very strong,...
DAVE SELLON We had chances. He really struggled with his command and that got his pitch count up pretty fast. Bu...
CRAIG COUNSELL He had his back towards the net, it's pretty tough to kick it with your back towards the net. I don'...
MIKE SCHAFER He had a tremendous ERA. His walks [70] were up a little. But he came back as well as can be expecte...
GRANT GRIESSER He was a good guy and a good worker. We were all shocked. He was great to work with and we all enjoy...
BRANDON CURTIS
And there stood Basta with his foot already on another dead body, smiling. Why not? He had hit his t... CORNELIA FUNKE He usually throws strikes, so when he threw only one strike in his four pitches something was off. T...
MIKE GETKIN He pitched without his best stuff and threw some good pitches. What was impressive for a young pitch...
RICK ANDERSON He was outstanding. We're hoping for a rehab start next Tuesday or Wednesday. Today he looked good, ...
BRAD ARNSBERG He had a pretty good fire inside, and when he put his mind to something, he was going to make it wor...
DAVE DAVIS He had a pretty good fire inside, and when he put his mind to something, he was going to make it wor...
DAVE SOUTAR Everything he accomplished, he accomplished on his own. He had a sixth-grade education and built a p...
FRANK MONTGOMERY She pitched very well. I thought she had good control. She was around the strike zone. She mixed it ...
LES SHEPARD He's got great command of his slider, ... We always say you have to command your fastball. But he co...
BOBBY COX I know he's a free swinger, but at least half his strikeouts this spring have been looking. That lea...
TIM PURPURA His tempo was excellent, he kept hitters off balance with all three of his pitches, and he worked th...
JASON MACKEY We followed his lead. He was a solid leader and a good guy. He gets two checks in the good guy colum...
ALAN BOMSTEIN He spots his pitches very well. It's also not uncommon for him to go out and throw four or five pitc...
CRAIG ANDERSON Cameron had a great game. He played his position very well. He made a couple really great saves, but...
BRIAN ROLFE Chas did a heck of a job pitching. He had control of his pitches and was able to put the ball where ...
DONNIE ENGLISH
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