Mike Arbuckle
Mike Arbuckle
ability accelerate against best felt question time
Because of the time he's missed, we wanted to accelerate him, and felt the best way to do that was to put him against more experienced Triple-A hitters. We've never had a question about ability or command; it's just been health.
ability beginning blessing kid matter open opportunity rather results slow sooner speak starting thinks understand worry
Any kid who's competitive like Cole is, thinks he should be here yesterday. If there's a blessing out of him starting slow out of the chute this year, this may be it because in big-league camp, no matter what we told him, he was going to show up he should open in Philadelphia. He's beginning to understand that he can't worry about tomorrow. He's got to take it game-by-game, and the results will speak for themselves. If his ability is what we think it is, the opportunity will be here, sooner rather than later.
ability anticipate bus limited start warm weather
It has nothing to do with ability. Because of weather and bus rides, we thought it made sense to start him in warm weather and where there are very limited bus rides. We don't anticipate him being there a long time.
ability actions missed nearly opportunity perform productive rather sooner stretch
If his ability is what we think it is, the opportunity will be here, sooner rather than later. Realistically, you can't put a timetable, because he's missed nearly two years of productive development time. He's got to perform at Triple-A over a stretch of time, and his actions over that stretch will show us when he has to be in Philadelphia.
We see a lot of 95s and 96s from this kid.
continues depends move pitch rotation stay timetable
We have no timetable on him. Hopefully, he'll stay on this course. If he continues to pitch like this, it may move up our timetable. But it also depends on how the rotation is going in Philadelphia.
ball force keeps threw
To say he threw the ball well was an understatement. He was dominating. If he keeps doing that, he's going to force us to do something.
believe help league looks major ready
We need to get some looks at him and make a decision. This will give us a better reading. We want to get him ready to go, because we believe he can help us at the Major League level. He understands that's the circumstance.
anticipate
We don't anticipate Cole being there a real long time.
bring fit fits hopefully looking present situation situations table unique
Each situation is unique in itself. So I don't think you try to fit yourself into situations - you present what you bring to the table and hopefully it fits what the club's looking for.
sometime talking
It may be sometime this year. I don't think we're talking about something way down the road.
definitely looked pitch pitching velocity
We definitely wanted him to pitch better (and make the big club. To be honest, he pitched his way out of the picture. His velocity was so-so and it looked like he was pitching away from the bat.
chance definitely
We definitely see him having a chance of being a back-of-the-bullpen guy. He has a plus-plus fastball.
believed both confident kids
Jason's a better catch-and-throw guy. I don't know if he's a better hitter. At this stage, both were confident kids that believed they were going to be big leaguers.