Dave Duncan
Dave Duncan
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.
adam both eliminated good looked nobody themselves
Nobody has eliminated themselves from anything. They both looked good today, and so has Adam Wainwright.
careful everybody favors impression looked people pressure son special thinks
The expectations were probably unrealistic. He was looked at under the microscope. ... It's lot of pressure on him because everybody thinks that he's getting special favors because he's the son of a coach. In reality, it's just the opposite. People are careful not to give the impression they are doing something special for him.
looked
I looked at doing it another way but it was too disruptive.
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.
bullpen gives prior starting throw time treatment
That gives him time to get some treatment and also throw in the bullpen prior to starting a game.
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.
exactly last saw seeing stuff
I'm seeing Mulder exactly the same way I saw him last spring. Location-wise, he's kind of all over the place. But his stuff is a little better than it was.
contribute expect game gets
If Looper gets his game back, which I expect he will, he can contribute as much as Tavarez, if not more.
club intensity knowing loss natural watching
If I was watching this club I would probably say that it's vulnerable, but knowing this club I wouldn't say that. It's only natural that there is going to be a loss of intensity under the circumstances we've been playing. You can't do anything about it.
chart people question stuff
I'll chart anything that I want to know that I think is important. I've had people question it. Sometimes, I've tossed out stuff that I've charted as being not important. Who can say one way is better than the other?
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,
bad bit bullpen changes decision delivery easy gets guys habits himself hurts sudden
It was pretty easy to wait. I don't want him going out there the least bit restricted, and then all of a sudden his delivery changes and he gets into some kind of bad habits or hurts himself worse. The bullpen is well-rested, especially the guys that are able to give us innings: Eldred and Thompson. It's a pretty easy decision to make.