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
capable carried consistent doubt form gets good
It just hasn't carried over so far. It will be good for him to get consistent at-bats down there and get back to the form that we need him to be in, and he's capable of being in. There's not any doubt that if he gets it going like he's capable of, he could be back very soon.
counting everybody gets produce watching
When you say 'ever' in our game, that gets your attention. That's remarkable. When everybody is counting on you and watching you to produce and you still do it, that's impressive.
best coming easy facility four games gets input key love people playing three tweak
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.
approaches gets guy joy return
The more return a guy like him gets for the way he approaches things, the more joy you get from it,
confidence hit last patch rough season shake
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.
ball carry seen time year
I've never seen the ball carry this time of year like it did tonight.
best break certainly five good
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.
outing pitcher second sees time
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.
aggressive attacking guys happy outside people strike
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.
best guys league level major prospects
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.
capable
And we know he's capable of better, too,
besides both edison juan options struggled
Edison and Juan both struggled today. We've got some other options besides those guys.
definitely tear
Dr. Meister definitely doesn't think there's a tear in the ligament.
tough
Eraser is going to make it tough on us.