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...
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.
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.
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.
based capable enter expect far good innings last ourselves threw throwing
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.
ball five four increase last past seven throwing until velocity
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.
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.
good ready throwing
It's just being smart. We want to see where he's at in a day or two. If he's in good throwing shape, he'll be ready to go.
area expect harder hurt starts throwing
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.
came chance gave gets good throw
He came back and really gave us a chance to win. He comes out and establishes that he's going to throw strikes, and that gets him into a good rhythm.
experience limited matt
Thornton is progressing, has progressed this year. Matt has not only had limited big-league experience, but limited experience, period.
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.
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.
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.
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.