Dave Duncan
Dave Duncan
listen matter people
He's respected, and people listen to him. That's a big part of coaching. If they don't listen to you, it doesn't matter what you tell them.
agreed difficult efforts games himself needs putting situations start talked thinks wants
I don't think (Looper) is where he needs to be yet, and I don't think he thinks he's where he wants to be yet. I know he's not because we talked about it. It's a long season. I think it's more important we concentrate our efforts into getting him into some games and some situations where it's not critical. That way he can re-establish himself before we start putting him into difficult situations. He agreed with me.
advantage pitching staying taking trouble
He pitched more like he did when he was pitching more aggressively: taking advantage of his strengths, staying away from getting in trouble with his weaknesses,
deserve happy help kids work
Granddad. These kids deserve all that they get from this sale. They work really hard, and I'm happy to help them in any way I can.
feels
If he feels better he'll go out there tomorrow. We'll go from there.
affects break delivery increase throw trying
He's trying to throw too hard, trying to make it break too much, to make it better than it is. It doesn't need to be any better than it is. But when you increase your effort, you come out of your delivery and it affects your command.
ball balls consistency developed feet four future gets ground innings keeps leagues minor needed pitches throws time
He throws four pitches for strikes, he keeps the ball down, gets a lot of ground balls and he's a strikeout pitcher. He's got a lot of innings pitched in the minor leagues and ... he has developed the consistency that's needed to pitch at this level. We feel it's important he get his feet on the ground up here (in St. Louis) for the time in the future when he's a starter.
ball locate needs
He's not locating the ball where he needs to locate the ball.
good hopefully los situation
He's got a lot of talent. He's from Los Angeles, so hopefully that will be a good situation for him.
asking push shape shows
He shows you a good, live arm. For what we're asking him to do, he's in shape to do that, as long as we don't push him.
clarify forming gradually hard opinions
I'm not forming any hard opinions one way or the other. It's way too early. . . . Gradually things clarify themselves.
capable couple last weeks
I know the last couple of weeks we hadn't pitched as well as we're capable of pitching,
good matter spring staff
I like our staff a lot if we get out of spring healthy. No matter how good you think you are, that's always the big question.
attention bench guys interested pay
These guys pay attention, ... All of these guys are interested in it so that makes you pay even more attention to it because they'll come to the bench and we'll talk.