Brad Arnsberg
Brad Arnsberg
Bradley James Arnsbergis a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He has held the role of pitching coach for the Montreal Expos, Florida Marlins, Toronto Blue Jays, and Houston Astros. Now with the Arizona Diamondbacks, he currently resides in Cave Creek, Arizona with his wife, Shelley. They have two children, Kyle and Kaden. Kyle graduated with his bachelor's and master's degree from Louisiana Tech University, and is currently the New York Yankees bullpen catcher. Kaden is attending Northern Arizona University...
against anxious club compete fun league major
I'm anxious to go out there and see him compete again. To see him get back out there against a Major League club is going to be fun to see. I think he's excited. We're all excited.
both good halves slider threw throw tight
He threw very well, much better than I expected. He had good velocity, his slider was tight and he was able to throw to both halves of the plate.
ball came free hand threw
He threw everything. The ball came out of his hand free and easy.
pitches threw
He threw 55 pitches over 12 minutes. He threw all his pitches at 80 percent.
breaking hope including innings pitches three threw
He threw 55 pitches at about 80%, including his breaking ball. We hope to give him three innings Saturday.
felt might second whatever
He thought he might have felt whatever in the first inning and then in the second inning it just didn't come around.
exciting miss roy
We're not in the dumps. It's frustrating Roy will miss a start, exciting A.J. is on the mend.
both cover field ground league lines major mound required test
The real test will be when we get him on the mound -- and then after his mound exposure, we'll let him field some ground balls, ... We'll let him field bunts down both lines and we'll let him cover first base. ... He's got to be able to get around at least well enough to be able to do those things that are required out of every Major League pitcher.
almost anybody continues gain gets knew pleasure steam year
To be able to say: 'Oh yeah, we knew this year was going to come,' I don't think anybody would go on-line and say that. He just continues to gain steam and he just gets better and better almost every outing. It really has been a pleasure to watch.
command flashes knows looks pitcher wants
He's had little flashes where he looks like a big-league pitcher again. But he knows his command is not where he wants it to be.
along coming stretch tomorrow
He's coming along slowly. Tomorrow is the first day he is actually going to stretch it out.
telling
He's already telling me how much more comfortable he feels.
digging prettier watch
He's a lot more conventional and a lot prettier to watch and he's really digging what we're trying.
bit cheating earlier guys ready
(Hitters) know when guys are really cheesing it up there in the 98s, 97s, they know that, so they know how to get it ready a little bit earlier where they're cheating on fastballs.