Mike Arbuckle
Mike Arbuckle
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.
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.
capable felt happy needed
I'm very happy for Gavin, because I know what he's capable of being. I always felt he was going to get back on track. We just needed to have patience.
We see a lot of 95s and 96s from this kid.
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.
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.
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.
sometime talking
It may be sometime this year. I don't think we're talking about something way down the road.
aspect assume business former involved minor
In Steve's former position, he was involved more in the business aspect of our Minor Leagues. Now, he will assume the day-to-day duties.
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.
ball reports throwing
He's throwing the ball well, and our reports are all positive.
caliber challenge few months people players ready
He's ready for a challenge to get out to a different environment, with more people in the park, with better caliber of players that he'll face. He's ready to do those things. In his mind, he was ready a few months ago, but we thought it made more sense to wait.
candidate guy picture
He's another guy in the picture who's a candidate if we need a pitcher.