Eddie Guardado
Eddie Guardado
Edward Adrian Guardadois a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher and current bullpen coach. Throughout his career, Guardado had played with the Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds, and the Texas Rangers. He was named as a bullpen coach for the Minnesota Twins in 2014...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth2 October 1970
CityStockton, CA
along guys handled hype talent tremendous
Felix is one of those guys who comes along every 10 or 20 years. He's a tremendous talent -- for his age, unbelievable. And he's handled all this hype like a champ.
bad bear guys happened nice sweep time
I didn't bear down. It would have been nice to sweep those guys but it was a bad day. It's the first time this has happened in a while.
guys teach
Now, that's what I try to teach these guys in here.
ball behind falling guy paid strike swinging took underneath
The ball was just lifted. He got it up, got underneath it and took it. The thing about falling behind on Loretta, you fall behind 2-0, with a guy on first, I've got to get at least a strike there. He went swinging and we paid for it.
coming gonna good guys job played playing tough
I think we played good baseball. Especially coming in there and playing these guys as tough as we did in their atmosphere. I just didn't do my job today, but I think we're gonna be all right.
gets guys
He's good. He gets these guys off their butts. That's what I like about him.
great guys hate job lose nail supposed
After the other guys did the job in relief, I was supposed to nail down the shutout for Felix after a great start. You hate to lose that zero, but we did get the win, and that's what it's all about.
guys
He's one of those guys who comes around every 20 years.
ask both bright fan games good guys hit knows teams wrong
You want to look for bright spots. If you're a fan who knows the game, I think you'd have to say we're better. I know I've had guys from other teams ask me, 'What's wrong over there? That's a good lineup. We haven't hit consistently. We haven't pitched consistently. And we haven't done both in the same games consistently.
composure everybody himself surprising
The thing that's really surprising everybody is his composure on the mound. The way he handles himself on the field, you wouldn't think he's 19 years old.
business last unfinished
We have some unfinished business (and) I like to finish what I start. Obviously, the last two years weren't good.
chemistry feels fresh spring
It feels fresh and it feels good. During spring training, you can see it a little fire, a little more chemistry here. That's what you need.
good needed timing
We needed this one; we all needed it. It was a good meeting. I like it, the timing of it. We need something to get us going.
early glad longest seemed
You know what? That was the longest inning I've had in a long time. It seemed like 100 pitches. I'm glad it's early and got it out of the way. Don't want many of those, man.