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I just want to pitch well enough for us to win. In my mind, that’s what it’s all about.
It’s pretty frustrating waiting for anything.
I was 11 years old and have the same curveball I have now. So I was literally striking everybody out. I always threw hard, and I was bigger than all the kids, so I would throw hard and throw that curveball, and no one could hit me.
All I can focus on is my performance, and that’s going to help me be successful, no matter where I am.
Getting my curveball back and finding another pitch just helped me figure out how to pitch.
I don’t mind walking guys as long as I don’t give up runs.
Seven innings, three starts in a row, that’s an improvement for me, and that’s what I want to do: be out there in the game longer.
If you don’t feel right, you’re going to try to tweak every pitch, every little thing, things that probably don’t even need tweaking.
It hasn’t been very normal in my career, but that first year in pro ball was the craziest year ever.
Every time is a learning experience, and you pick up a little bit, and you learn things and try not to repeat them the next time.
I’m pretty prepared for anything. You could shove me out there in any situation – I’ve done it.
It’s hard to tell yourself to get ready when it’s like, ‘I need to make this freaking team first.’
Six innings, you’re doing your job. That’s a good target to have, but I’m always looking to improve. There’s three more innings of improvement left.
It’s hard to be a two-pitch guy. People tell you that, but you don’t really believe it.
When you don’t have one that you throw for strikes – they are good hitters – they can cancel out one pitch and go to another. Now I have four pitches. If one’s not working, I’ve got three others. It makes the game totally different.
Repeating my mechanics was difficult. I was always trying to do something different to make it click.
As a pitcher, you can’t afford to get too ticked off.
In my bullpen sessions, I’m just trying to feel comfortable, throw strikes, and not get too complicated.
I can pretty much take anything that comes at me.
I was in the big leagues my first year in pro ball – pretty fast. I really don’t think I had an understanding of what it meant to be a pitcher at that level at that point.
No one wants to be known as a six-inning guy.
The big thing will be having two pitches you can throw for strikes and developing a change-up, too.
You can be a two-pitch guy and be successful, but your room for error is very small.
Ten minutes before starting a game in Akron, they said, ‘Sit down, you’re done.’ Then I went to Arizona and sat there. There was no one to tell me what to do. I just had to wait.
My whole career’s been kind of crazy, so you can’t really surprise me.
At the end of the day, it’s me versus you, and I’m trying to get you out. If I can throw you six curveballs in a row and get you out, I’m going to do it all day.
There is stuff going on inside me. But I have always been told to go out there and pitch like you can’t tell if you just struck somebody out or just gave up a home run. If something bad happens, I don’t dwell on it. Just give me the ball and let me pitch.
I was a thrower. I think I’m more of a pitcher now.
I’ve always been fastball-curveball and really relied on that pitch, and when it goes away, it just totally changes how you attack hitters.
I’m 5 o’clock lightning, for sure.
