Brian Graham
Brian Graham
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Jose Bautista needs at-bats. He's shown he has that power, that he can hit at Class AA, which was exactly the right level for him last year. If he does the same thing in Indianapolis this year, then he's earned the chance to be the everyday third baseman in Pittsburgh.
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His fastball is above average in terms of life and velocity, he has a hard breaking ball and the changeup has become a solid third pitch. And when his command gets better and he's able to throw his pitches where he wants, he can be a really good all-around pitcher.
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What a great thing to have your first-year kids learning lessons from a guy who played the game like that.
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I think they stepped it up, and we didn't. They were putting high pressure on us, and we were just falling back.
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Patrick was just a wonderful person. He was the guy who lit up the room.
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Michael worked ahead in the count most of the game, and we made some plays behind him. Wilson has been coming on lately after struggling early in the season. We are counting on him to be a big stick.
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You just have to know something like that to have a good at-bat in that situation. Our purpose in doing this is to see where they are and adjust our teachings accordingly.
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We've got some great arms in this organization. It's a little bit scary if you stop and think about it.
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We were just letting (Montoya) dribble through the middle, which was bad. He was a good player.
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We've been extremely honest and straight with players in terms of development and why they're staying at certain levels. Players need to perform. They just don't get promoted based on potential. It's performance-based, same as in the big leagues.
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There was a need early on with the Pirates that you had to bring guys to the big leagues because you had to have people to fill positions.
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Not right now. I don't think anybody's going to know who's the best player or players in the country until next year. Everybody has his own favorites, of course, but it might take until April until there's some kind of consensus.
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That's quite a difference from the regular season where the development and the major emphasis is, 'If today doesn't go so well, then there's always tomorrow.'
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You have a room full of about 60 college guys and you couldn't hear a sound. It was devastating for us,