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...
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.
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.
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.
hoping looked next pitches rehab start threw today tuesday
He was outstanding. We're hoping for a rehab start next Tuesday or Wednesday. Today he looked good, threw all his pitches (about 65), looked strong.
pitch slow
He wanted to pitch Sunday, but we had to slow him down a bit.
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.
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.
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.
command concerns excited good happy positive sign
I'm very happy with the way he looked. He used all his pitches, which we were excited about, and he had good command from the start. It's a positive sign that dispels any concerns we may have had.
couple decided dinner expect field hundred implement maybe nights per pleased surprise talking walking work
We've been talking about making an adjustment. We went to dinner a couple of nights and he wanted to work on it right then. He didn't want to wait. I was walking off the field and he decided he wanted to implement what we were talking about doing. Did it surprise me? Maybe a little, because I didn't expect it this early. Am I pleased about it? One hundred per cent.
five hoping innings
We're hoping to go five innings, and 15-pitch innings to get him up to 75 pitches,
air couple gloves kid mix mixing outing split three wait
We didn't mix the split in, we're going to wait a couple of outings and let him air out before mixing in the split in outing three or four. We're guarding it with kid gloves right now.
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.