“With him, it's all about getting his mechanics together. Every pitch he throws seems to be thrown at a different arm angle, and we're working to get that changed. Once that happens, watch out.”
“Once we get those guys healthy, we can make plans. Until they're healthy and ready to compete in a Major League game, we can't do much. We've got to go with the five we have now.”
“We're going to plug him in when he's ready. He'll continue to throw sidelines. But his ankle hasn't allowed him the movement he needs coming off the mound.”
“It's one of those years. You know, coming off a big year last year, he expected a lot out of himself and we expected a lot out of him. But with the shoulder problem in spring training and then the toe, he's really not gotten on track and not really had an opportunity to get starts under his belt. The command and the consistency haven't been there.”
“We used to do it back in the olden days. I'm just trying to get him to understand we want the hitter to make contact. The biggest thing with Kip is he tries to make too fine a pitch early in the count, then gets behind. If he gets ahead, his strike zone will expand. And, when that happens, he gets lots of soft grounders, soft fly balls.”
“Even though it's a week left in the season, I'm still trying to get him better, to understand what it takes to be successful. And I'm not going to quit until the end of the season.”
“My job is to get the best out of each individual, and I don't feel like I've scratched the surface with Kip. He has a lot of potential, and I have not done a good job with him from the point of getting the best of his ability out of him.”
“You can't throw with that type of injury until it's completely healed or you risk making it worse. Dave's not even to point where he's throwing yet, so it's going to take a while.”
