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...
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We're going to familiarize ourselves with (Hernandez) so we can get a pretty good idea, as we enter the season, of what we can expect with him as far as workload goes. I don't want to say, though, that because he threw 125 innings or so last year, that he's not capable of throwing 180 or 190 innings this year. It will all be based on how he feels.
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It's nothing serious, it's soreness we're told to expect as he starts throwing harder and harder. It's soreness, but it's not in the same area he hurt in April.
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I think that Gil will be pitching for us again this year; that's my expectation. But the idea is to get him 100 percent healthy. There's no need to rush.
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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.
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He has some decisions to make. I'd like to make myself available to him if he has some questions about me or what he an expect from me as a coach. I know the organization and myself would love to have him on the staff.
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What he's doing in the present is beyond anyone's expectations. The maturity is unequaled.
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We're going to have to work a bit on growing up.
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We want him completely healthy, and we want his mechanics sound. Until that happens, he won't pitch.
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We hope to see some real signs of the rotation coming to life in the last month. Or, inevitably, you're going to have to make a decision.
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Sure, I'm interested in Arizona, of course. But beyond the obvious connection between Bob and I, I'm just as much interested in making sure that this would be a good fit for me beyond that.
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My philosophy is that really good pitchers know their mechanics and are able to self-correct when the game is on the line. A pitching coach can't go out there every time there's a tough situation.
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I think were asking a little too much to think about it having that kind of impact. But it's not going to do any damage whatsoever. It would be nice to see some effect from it. It's going to be a pretty important final month for Matt.
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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.
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We didn't see any significant velocity until the last five, six, seven starts. He's throwing the ball better and the velocity has been on the increase the past four or five starts.