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...
both contrast help jeff looked notice pitches themselves
The contrast in their pitches is significant. Yet both of them are positioning themselves to help us in their own way. If you looked at them side-by-side, you may not notice Jeff. Felix does it in an awe-inspiring way, Jeff just does it.
catch game looked nice seemed today
It was encouraging to see him play a nice game of catch today without any reservations or restrictions. He looked good. He seemed to feel pretty good.
bullpen business came focused looked looks meaning potential winter
He was really focused this winter and it showed right away with his bullpen quality. It just looked like he really came here meaning business from the very first day. It looks like he has the potential to get back to where he was and go beyond.
difference
I'm overwhelmed and frustrated. I don't know what the difference is.
certain hoped line relevance score
It wasn't as pretty a line score as I'm certain he would have hoped for but it had no relevance in my eyes.
certainly feels lengthy scratched since threw
It was OK. He's still on a day-to-day basis. We haven't scratched him, but we are certainly going to see how he feels tomorrow, especially since he threw a pretty lengthy 'pen today.
matter pitchers throw
It's a matter of familiarity. Working together, catchers get to know what pitchers like to throw in situations, like with two strikes. They know what a pitcher can do, and can't.
excited hard overly
It's hard not to get overly excited about him.
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.
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.
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.
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.
age-and-aging alive whatever
The romanticism of a voyage, for whatever age, is here and alive aboard the QE2.
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.