Joel Pineiro
Joel Pineiro
Joel Alberto Piñeirois a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseballfor the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...
kept sweet trying
I kept trying to make my pitches, but I kept elevating the ball. That's his sweet spot.
fastball game good spot trying works
I'm able to spot my fastball and everything works off that. I'm trying to take it one game at a time, so let's just say I'm in a good groove.
confidence great himself looking player
Before the out, I was looking at first base. It's great for a young player to have that kind of confidence in himself to make that play.
business care control helps pitcher prove situations type
I know what I can do. I know what type of pitcher I can be, and if I take care of my business and prove things to myself, right there that helps this team, because as a pitcher, you're the one with the ball. You have the control of the situations you're in.
pitcher type
I know what type of pitcher I can be.
eighth five good saved thinking threw
In the beginning, I wasn't thinking about it. But in the eighth inning, I threw like five pitches, and I started thinking about it. It's good ... I saved the bullpen.
five helped lead lift nine runs
That helped me to go all nine right there. A 3-1 lead is nothing. Getting those five runs there was a big lift for the team.
days hit throw
It was one of those days where everything you throw up there, they hit it or it's a ball.
ball ballpark blowing good hit wind wood
I wanted to put the ball in play and he put good wood on it. It was a sinker. ... He hit it to the right part of the ballpark and the wind was blowing that way.
continue games hopefully next people puerto round spring starts strong taking toward training
It starts from here, taking it back to Spring Training and go toward April. I like to have a strong start and go out there continue it. Hopefully we can get these two games out of the way and go on to the next round for us and for the people of Puerto Rico.
behind count defense finish game grew kept lead pitch stay
I told myself I wanted to finish the game (once the lead grew to 8-1). The defense behind me was very good, and that kept my pitch count down and enabled me to stay in the game.
carry challenge confidence extra feeling great late matter maybe next
I've been feeling great all year. It was just a matter of having that extra confidence to go out there and challenge people. Maybe it's a little too late in the season, but it's something I can carry over to next year.
ball seeing
They were seeing the ball like it was a basketball.
balls best hit worry
They hit some balls hard. I never worry about our defense. I think we have one of the best defenses.