Jim Colborn
Jim Colborn
James William Colbornis a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The right-handed Colborn pitched for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royalsand Seattle Mariners...
almost alteration baseball commit consistent delivery focus hitters ingrained pitcher release single takes throw
When you commit to a delivery alteration or different focus, which we've done with almost every single pitcher on the staff, it sometimes takes a while to get the consistent release point. It takes a while to be able to throw the baseball without concentrating on that alteration. Once it's ingrained in there to where they can throw without concentrating on that and put all of their focus on getting hitters out, then they pitch better.
establish extend good hitters inside keeps pitcher plate
Good hitters want to extend their arms, they want to take away the inside of the plate and look middle-to-away. If a pitcher can establish the inside of the plate, it keeps a hitter honest.
bring commitment good great group jim players playing potential seems staff synergy time wants
It would have been great to be back with them. But Pittsburgh's time seems to be on the rise, too, with some good players and some very good young pitchers, ... Jim wants to bring in as many of our L.A. staff as possible, with the idea that as a group we had commitment and synergy and had players playing up to their potential as much as possible.
easier feeling images longer might wrong
Sometimes, you just get a feeling about things. I thought it might take a little longer for him to get comfortable with it, because some different images have to be processed. But apparently, it hasn't. Apparently, he was just doing it wrong before. Now, he's doing it right, and it's easier for him.
body exactly pitcher quicker ryan saying smallest sticks transfer
You do see some deliveries quicker than others. Sometimes, you get a sense that your body is in their body and you can feel the transfer of power. When you do get a pitcher like that, sometimes the smallest thing sticks out with you. I'm not saying that Ryan was exactly like that, but he was close.
alert case mind
You are always alert to if there is an exception, and my mind is open. In the case of Zach, I don't really think it is at this point.
seemed stayed stronger
I was very impressed. He seemed to get stronger as he went along. He stayed in his delivery.
bad bring carry failed feeling figured job maybe point whatever
You just never got the feeling you were part of the process. You were part of it, but a dispensable part of it. But that's all right. Maybe they had their own point of view, and they probably figured (we) weren't going to carry out what they wanted done. They have the right to bring in their own people. But I don't really look at it is I did a bad job or that I failed any kind of test. But whatever I had to offer, they didn't think it was valuable.
job learn observe talent
Right now, my job is just going to be to observe and learn for a while. But I know there is talent here.
balance compared delivery earlier looked mainly pace
I mainly wanted to see what his delivery looked like compared to earlier in the spring. The pace is much better, his balance is better. So I think we're on the right track.
action maybe pitches
But maybe the action on Derek's pitches trumps that.
patience takes willing wrong
It takes patience because you have to be willing to get the wrong answers. But in the end, it's a better technique.
reconciled
It's like something got reconciled in him, ... who he was and who he can be.
beyond certainly knowing notice talent
They certainly have talent, but what you really notice is that they're beyond their years in knowing how to pitch. They have an instinct.