Mike Butcher
Mike Butcher
Michael Dana Butcheris an American professional baseball pitcher and coach. He played in Major League Baseball for the California Angels from 1992 to 1995. He served as the pitching coach for the Tampa Bay Rays in 2006, for the Angels from 2007 through 2015, and he is currently the pitching coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth10 May 1965
CityDavenport, IA
ball coming easy far hand jumping lets life nice relaxed throwing
As far as the ball coming out of his hand, it was pretty special. It's that easy coming out of his hands. As relaxed as he was just throwing fastballs and change-ups, his delivery, the fluidness, the ball jumping out of his hand and the life he had, it's going to be nice to see when he lets loose.
believe earned feet guy handle join level mastered mature wet
I don't really believe in a guy having to get his feet wet in the bullpen. If he's mature and he can handle situations, he's mastered the level he's at, by all means, he's earned the right to come up here and join the rotation.
brought feels good head shaking
I know what he's doing and I know he feels good. I know he's ready. He has the intangibles. He has a good head on his shoulders. He's athletic. He was brought up the right way. He has a lot of things going for him. You can see that from shaking his hand.
student teacher watch
I just watch guys. It's like, when the student is ready, the teacher will come. That's it.
arms developing excited forward good guys league looking major quality season seem work
I'm looking forward to having a good season with these guys and developing some quality Major League pitchers. I know we have some really good arms here. I am excited to work with them. They seem very excited.
job kenny stick tremendous
Stick with what works. Kenny did a tremendous job with him.
ball looked nice smooth
The ball comes nice out of Shinji's hand, a nice smooth delivery. He looked good.
changed word
I haven't changed anything. Change is a word I can't stand.
continue happy improve looking obviously results
I'm happy with what he's doing. Obviously the results aren't what we all wanted. But he'll continue to improve and that's what we're looking for.
best run suggest
Suggestions. That's the best word. I suggest things to them. If they want to run with it, fine.
good group pickup saw
We saw that he was out there. I think as a group we thought that he would be a good pickup for us.
english-writer level
You can not be afraid when you get to this level to teach. I don't care what level you're at, if you don't teach, you're worthless.
english-writer
You give them recommendations. You throw different angles at them where, hopefully, they can get something out of it.
bullpen obviously positive smaller stretched window
The window is obviously getting smaller on him. The positive is he's a bullpen guy. He doesn't need to be stretched out.