Chuck Hernandez
Chuck Hernandez
Carlo Amado "Chuck" Hernandezis a coach in Major League Baseball. He has served as pitching coach for the California Angels, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and Detroit Tigers. In 2009, he served as the bullpen coach for the Cleveland Indians, but was fired along with Manager Eric Wedge and the rest of the staff at the season's end. Hernandez was then pitching coach for the GCL Phillies and then the Miami Marlins. In November 2015 he was hired as Minor League...
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The game has changed. Now they take the ball from you after six, seven or eight innings.
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Complete games are not our priority. If it happens, that'd be great.
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I don't think it's that unusual for young pitchers starting out to struggle a little bit.
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They gave us an opportunity to look. At no point did they step in and say we don't want you to do this or that. They left us free to make our own decision.
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Sure, you have mixed emotions. I've been here a long time and I wanted to see this thing through. I wanted to see this team become a winner. I'm going to miss that part of it. There's some good kids there I'm going to miss. I'm going to be watching how they progress.
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If he didn't come in shape and he didn't throw well, I would have been no use to him. He got himself in shape, the best I've ever seen him in. He did what he had to do. He came in focused. He made a good showing of himself.
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I like his chances down the road. When that will happen, I don't think any of us will need to answer. We'll just all observe and let the player tell us if the time is right. If the time is not right, it's no sin for him to be pitching down in the minor leagues.
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You could see it in the way he talks. He has an aggressive nature, and there's nothing wrong with that.