John Gibbons
John Gibbons
John Michael Gibbonsis an American former professional baseball player and the current manager of the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. Gibbons briefly played in the Major Leagues as a catcher with the New York Mets, in the mid-1980s...
innings
He's going to have to get some innings in.
funky good
He's good. He's got a good arm, and he's got that funky fastball.
arm corner couple gone gotten nice second spin stretching throws
He's gone into the corner a couple times pretty good, made a couple nice spin throws to second base. I can see his arm has already gotten better. He's stretching it out a little bit. He's doing OK.
coming couple days few ground later move next taking until week
He's going to do a couple of things here today, move around a bit, but it won't be until later next week that he'll be taking ground balls. He's still a few days away from coming back.
hopefully miles per throwing
He's going to be really excited, probably throwing 100. Hopefully it's 100 strikes. He'll probably be throwing 100 miles per hour.
heck pitcher
He's going to be a heck of a pitcher some day,
game
He's been used so much. It's a big game and we wanted to win, but we've got to think about him, too.
full running speed
He's getting there with his running but he's not at full speed yet.
maybe
He's getting there. He's not full-speed. We'll see how it goes. Maybe this weekend. We'll see if he's ready.
believes confident gained himself
He's gained confidence. He was always a confident guy, but I think he really believes in himself now.
chance stay
He's been on the move. He's got a chance to stay here for a while.
along couple games good lead left position win
He's been in a position to win a couple of them. He left with the lead in Anaheim. He's pitched some good games along the way,
bit days guys pushing regular sure week
We make sure we're not pushing guys too fast, too early. And then, as we get about a week or 10 days away (from the regular season), we'll push it a little bit harder.
looked pitching team time
We looked like a team tonight. It's the first time we have had our whole lineup out there and, yeah, the pitching was solid.