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.
anybody bit longer needs road start time wants
Once he does start airing it out a little bit he needs down time in between. Sometimes it's a longer road than anybody wants it to be.
game greater half learns lower pitch zone
Once he learns to pitch the lower half of the zone with greater consistency, he's going to be a 17-20 game winner.
answer wish
If I had that answer he wouldn't go out there and do that, I wish I knew,
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.
again asked days flat mound per seeing three throwing
I asked him where he got to and he said probably 80 per cent. Just seeing him actually on a mound again (after three days of throwing off flat ground) was kind of fun.
cold concern degrees entered somewhat sunny
The cold has never entered my mind. Ideally, you would like it 80 degrees and sunny out, but you're not going to get that. Obviously, that day would be somewhat of a concern, but is it a concern right now? Not really.
felt guard kid time
You've got to guard him with kid gloves. We did that the first time and felt good.
speculate
You can speculate all you want but we just don't know.
cares focused front good kids love nervous people seen three threw
I love it. I don't think he cares for it a whole lot, though. On that day, he said, 'I've pitched in front of 50,000 people before, but I've never been more nervous than I was that day I threw the bullpen.' He focused pretty good today. I've seen when there's been three times as many kids back there.