Bryan Price
Bryan Price
Bryan Roberts Priceis the manager of the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball. After pitching in the minor leagues, Price has served as the pitching coach for the Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Cincinnati Reds before being named manager of the Reds. The Reds named Price the 61st manager in club history on October 22, 2013, replacing Dusty Baker...
allow command emotional experience figure guys lack physically related success
Some times lack of success is just lack of experience. So what we have to figure out with the young guys is what was missing. Was it a command issue? Was it related to emotional distress? Or were there some things physically that they weren't doing that didn't allow them to be successful.
against air amount anticipate anyone balls command expected four ground guys pitch poise starts
I don't think anyone expected he was going to pitch as well as he has his first four starts in the big leagues. I didn't anticipate the command and poise and amount of ground balls he has gotten. He has been a strikeout/ground-ball machine. Not a lot of guys get the ball in the air against him.
age-and-aging alive whatever
The romanticism of a voyage, for whatever age, is here and alive aboard the QE2.
beyond good guys hurdles leagues pitch player pressures talk trying unexpected
There's so much more when you get to the big leagues than a young player can anticipate. And that's beyond the pressures of trying to pitch well from the start. So we will have a good long talk about some of the things that can end up being unexpected hurdles when guys get here.
confident force pitch
Everyone was pretty confident he was going to pitch better than the league, which he did, and he was going to force our hand, which he did.
feeling lose open strong
There's just a strong feeling that we need to have options. When you lose 99 games, you open yourself up to change.
catcher defensive focus good pitchers propensity puts runs serve shake share shown sign vocal wrong
We're really pleased. He's been very vocal to our staff, that he's here to serve them. He puts the lion's share of his focus on defensive play. He's a real pro. Pitchers sometimes shake to the wrong pitch. The sign of a real good catcher is that he runs out there and doesn't let the pitcher make that mistake. He's shown a propensity to do that. I'm really impressed.
against hard miss stuff teams throw
We throw him a lot of hard stuff inside. A lot of teams do that. But he doesn't miss against us. He's got our number.
coach comfort enjoyed growing somewhere time zone
I have enjoyed my time here, but after 18 years I think it is time for me to go somewhere else. For me to keep growing as a coach I need to get out of my comfort zone and this is a way to do that.
arm delivery felt guys heading innings miss naked nobody point release spring wants
Nobody wants to miss part of Spring Training. Not only do you have to get your arm in shape, but you have to get a feel for your delivery and feel for your release point and I think that's probably where he felt a little naked heading into the season. He just didn't have the innings the other guys had.
couple days feeling last managerial somewhere
My feeling was somewhere in the last couple of days it just didn't look like I would be involved, that I was going to be a consideration for the managerial position.
ball goals guys throw time touch
My goals with these guys the first time or two they touch the ball is to throw the ball over the plate, and he did that.
absolutely ahead ball belts great guys job low strike thrown zone
To a man, our guys have come in and thrown the ball over the plate. Like a lot of staffs, getting the first one under their belts is sometimes the most tenuous. But our guys have come in and done an absolutely great job at working ahead in the count, establishing a low strike zone and challenging the hitter.
experience limited matt
Thornton is progressing, has progressed this year. Matt has not only had limited big-league experience, but limited experience, period.