Dave Duncan
Dave Duncan
bad choice consistent guys start throwing
All of those guys competed equally. Any of them wouldn't have been a bad choice. From start to finish, Hancock was the most consistent throwing strikes.
belt guys hope hurt next pitches quality seeing step time understand
All the pitches they got hurt on were belt high. I don't like it, but I understand it. Next time out, we hope to be seeing guys take another step forward, making more quality pitches, get them in that mode.
compare depth last rotation starting
You can't even compare this starting rotation to last year. There's so much more depth this year.
aware games hard hope influences presents situation win
You can't always do what you would like to do, so you just hope the situation presents itself. You're aware of how much they're throwing, how hard (the starters) are working. That influences what you do. But we're still going to play the games and try to win them.
continues exciting keeps type year
He can have a big year. If he continues to go like he's been going so far, he can have a very big year. He's real smooth. Under control. It's exciting to think about the type of year he could have if he keeps going the way he's been going.
call close simply valuable
It was not a close call at all, simply because Marquis can be tremendously valuable to us out of the bullpen,
based both decision fourth game looked ready spring
I'm not ready to make a decision based on today's game. It was the first game of spring for both those guys. If it was the fourth game of spring, I think it would be looked at a lot differently than it was today.
both boys field nice
It was pretty nice to have both my boys on the field at the same time.
feels
If he feels better he'll go out there tomorrow. We'll go from there.