Buck Showalter
Buck Showalter
William Nathaniel "Buck" Showalter IIIis an American Major League Baseballmanager for the Baltimore Orioles. He has previously served as manager of the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Texas Rangers. He is also formerly a professional baseball player and a television analyst for ESPN...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 May 1956
CityDe Funiak Springs, FL
discomfort everyday full
He'll get to full throttle. He's close, it's just the everyday pounding. As long as he's not experiencing any discomfort or setbacks, we'll take it day-by-day.
challenges driven kevin lets mentally needs physical pick runs situations stay stayed
He needs to stay mentally strong. Kevin has driven in some big runs but he lets some situations get away that he needs to pick up. He's had some physical challenges but he stayed on the field.
bullpen coming injury leaning nature ready sealed tough toward
By the nature of his injury it would be tough to get him ready to be a starter. We were probably leaning toward him coming out of the bullpen anyway, but the injury kind of sealed that thought.
sensitive
That's a sensitive area. We have to be sensitive to what's going on in the world of baseball.
defense production reduction run
I look at stats just like you do. It's about run production and run reduction with defense and pitching.
came camp gary good guy positions three
I'll tell you what, Gary came into camp with an attitude. He can play all three positions and switch-hit. He's a good guy to have around.
ball good heard saw talking
I heard a lot and I saw what they were talking about. He's a good pitcher, and he's going to get the ball again.
heard says serious
I haven't heard anything that says it's serious and I haven't heard anything that says it wasn't.
everybody frame might near swelling three
I never said it was three months. It was something everybody jumped all over. Adam's in a lot better frame of mind. He hasn't had near the swelling or the soreness we might have expected.
sit talk
I'm not sure, we'll sit down and talk about it on the plane.
days few worried
I'm not worried they aren't getting enough at-bats. But we'll give them a few days working with Rudy before we put them back in a game.
balls hit
They hit a lot of balls that snuck through.
capable continuing extend four good help nights pitching three
It was just not his night. Three out of four nights ... I'm not going to extend him there. He wasn't pitching as good as he's capable of. He's scuffling. There's no sense in him continuing to scuffle if I can help it.
themselves
These things have a way of working themselves out over a 162-game season.