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
edison hope progress
We hope that one day Edison makes the progress that Cabrera has made.
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We hope he can help us in the big leagues. It's very unconventional, but if you describe all the attributes that successful knuckleballers have up here, R.A. would fit into that. He's a strike-thrower, competitive, no-ego and he's willing to do what it takes.
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You hope he pitches well enough to make us keep him.
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It's unfortunate, but things are going to happen over the course of the season. Everybody knows your depth is going to be tested. Hopefully Ian will get back and pick up right where he left off.
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I think we're in pretty good shape catching-wise in the organization. Sandy has done as good or better than we could have hoped for. Rod is having a solid year. It creates a lot of good options for us.
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He got us on and off the field tonight. He made a lot of friends out there with his teammates tonight. He's got some good things going his way. I hope tonight is the start of it.
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He pitched as well as we could have hoped for. We took him to his limit on three days' rest. The bullpen picked him up, we just had problems at the end. Rick pitched well. I'm sure there was a lot of anxiety, but he handled it real well.
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In a lot of our minds, hopefully this is the last piece of putting it behind us.
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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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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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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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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.