Jim Fleming
Jim Fleming
closer create last sudden todd year
Closers all of a sudden create themselves. Look at Todd Jones. He was a better closer last year than he was before.
athlete book extremely talented
The book on him is he's an extremely talented athlete with a big ceiling.
ability good guys stuff
It's can you win? These guys can win. It's a combination of having good stuff and having the ability to win.
biggest swing
The biggest thing is getting him healthy. It's not that anything has deteriorated. It's being able to get him to swing the bat.
extra needed
This is big for Chris. He needed some extra at-bats.
both eventually expected good guys hitting potential reach start
Ramirez and Andino both have the potential to be very good with the bat. Guys like that eventually start hitting the way they are expected when they reach the big leagues.
break calls focus hard pitch putting
He calls it a slider. You can call it a hard curveball because it's got a lot of break to it. That's the pitch we want him to focus on. It wasn't a new pitch. It was kind of eliminating one and putting more focus on the other.
biggest design draft felt
It wasn't by design. It's because that's what we felt this draft had as its biggest value.