Dave Duncan
Dave Duncan
change location pitches speeds spring takes time
He's a location and change of speeds pitcher. It takes a little time during the spring to get all of your pitches going and get comfortable with them. He's doing good.
easy game goes last needs nine somewhere starts talk trying
He's just trying to do too much. Is it because he goes 4-5 (in his last nine starts before the game)? Somewhere in there you do something different, and if you get off your game it's easy to talk about and not easy to get back on it. He needs to get back on his game.
matter stuff swing
His stuff is there, it's just going to be a matter of time. He'll get into the swing of things.
ball few hopefully looking velocity
His velocity is there, and he's more consistently getting the ball down. A few more outings and hopefully he'll be what we're looking for.
benefit doubt
He's going to get every benefit of the doubt.
good
He's been very impressive. I didn't know anything about him really, but he's done a good job.
control delivery games great guys kept pitches season sign struggling
He was struggling with his delivery and his control. His pitches weren't sharp. But I told him it's a great sign because you're going to have 10, 12, 15 games during the season when it just isn't working. A lot of guys give in to that. But he didn't. He kept battling.
course earn needed throughout
He did everything that he needed to do throughout the course of the spring. He did everything that he needed to do to earn the spot.
both execute hitter knows plate sides throw
He can throw to both sides of the plate with all his pitches. If there is a way to get a hitter out and he knows it, he can execute it.
hitter knows
He knows how to put a hitter away.
lets sees wants
He lets me do my thing. If there's something he sees that he wants done, then he lets me know that he wants it done and I try and get it done. I'm open-minded to what he has to say.
information knows work
He knows what information I want, and I know he's accurate. I work off Chad's base.
against attention compete confidence knowing lose matt pay
The only thing I want to pay attention to is his confidence. Knowing Matt Morris, I don't think he's going to lose confidence and not feel like he can go out and compete against anybody.
hard league major needed pitch strike top
He hasn't needed it. But he's going to need something like that at the major league level. It's hard to pitch at the top of the strike zone.