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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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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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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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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You hope he pitches well enough to make us keep him.
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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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Tomorrow will be a good test for him. Fielding, he has no problems. He has been doing that for a while.
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We're going to let Rudy decide the way he wants to handle this. We'll be there for him. He's a strong man.
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Years ago, that's how it was done. Guys came up as relievers and worked their way into being starters. C.J. has had his challenges as a starter, but I'd like to test drive that again before the end of the season.
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We're going to compete and try to win while at the same time prepare ourselves for the future.
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We're just looking for quality pitchers, whether it's a left-hander or right-hander. Good left-handers play well in our park, but good right-handers do, too.
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We're fortunate to get somebody of his background this late in the spring.