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.
confidence guys huge last level seen stuff tells
His confidence level is getting better and better, and that's a huge part of being a pitcher. I've seen guys with below-average stuff that actually go out there and look like they have above-average stuff because their confidence level tells them that. That's something that Brandon never really had last year.
alone last leaving level mesmerized mostly season
I'm leaving Brandon alone this spring. He may have been mesmerized because he had such an up-and-down, mostly down, season at the big-league level last year.
ball kept last throwing
It was better than the last one. He spotted the ball exceptionally well and kept the ball down, throwing all of his pitches.
days last
It regressed a little the last two days from when it was real good.
early means throw unless
There's no use having him throw unless he's close. And if that means early September, it's early September.
finds himself hopefully integral leagues open program ready spots understand
There's not any spots open in that bullpen, but he's got to understand what an integral part of this program he is. I've said to other guys, 'You're ready for the big leagues, but the big leagues aren't ready for you.' Hopefully he finds himself in that spot.
sooner
Sooner or later, he has got to make the calls.
answer wish
If I had that answer he wouldn't go out there and do that, I wish I knew,
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.