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
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It would be a different look for sure. He's going to get a good chance. That would certainly break up the pattern. But at the same time, you're going to take your five best pitchers.
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These are some of our best players, the best young prospects in our system. These are guys who will play at the Major League level and contribute.
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There's no such thing as a secret in sports. They did a good job against one of the best pitchers in baseball. Ninety-nine percent of the stuff that's talked about doesn't happen.
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If we have to, we'll sit down and talk about it and see what's best for everybody. We're not at that point yet.
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With these new facilities, the key is how they look after three or four years. This place gets better every year. With their input and ours, we tweak things every year. It makes it easy to get 'B' games. People love coming here and playing 'B' games because we have the best 'B' game facility in baseball.
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(Young) teetered a bit in the first, then found his step. He got better as the game went on. His best innings were his last two.
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(Rogers) has had another solid year. He's going to end up in the top 10 in ERA. He has been our best starting pitcher.
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He held his stuff. His last two outings he had had his best fastball.
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The rough patch he hit at the end of last season would shake anybody's confidence a little, but it's nothing that can't be repaired.
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I've never seen the ball carry this time of year like it did tonight.
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The second time a young pitcher sees the same team, that's what made today's outing even more impressive. They have some idea of what you're going to do out there.
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I've been really happy with the walks. Guys have been aggressive attacking the strike zone. It's always something you want to do but you don't want to get stupid. You still want to get as many people out outside of the strike zone, too.
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And we know he's capable of better, too,
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Edison and Juan both struggled today. We've got some other options besides those guys.