Mike Hargrove
Mike Hargrove
Dudley Michael Hargroveis a former Major League Baseball first baseman and manager. He is currently employed as an advisor with the Cleveland Indians. Hargrove batted and threw left-handed. He played for the Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, and Cleveland Indians. After retiring, he went on to manage the Indians, Baltimore Orioles, and Seattle Mariners...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth26 October 1949
hold might throw
We might hold him back and just have him throw on the side. But we're not there yet.
absolutely anybody expected forward starts thrown watching
The way he's thrown and the starts that he's had have been absolutely outstanding. He has been better than we really expected him to be. Like anybody else, when he's on the mound, I look forward to watching him pitch.
couple rest second settled struggling throwing trouble
Felix, the first couple of innings, was struggling with his mechanics. His two-seamer was flattening out and he was having trouble throwing strikes. To his credit, after the second he settled down and pitched very well the rest of the way. Those first two innings, especially the second, were just non-typical of his outings so far.
five gave seeing throw warm wish
Seeing him throw like that gave me a warm feeling. I wish we had five more just like him.
amazing balls guys happens hitter pitching strikes threw throwing
I didn't like it that our guys threw so many balls. They were all throwing strikes pitching in the bullpen. It is amazing what happens when you put a hitter at the plate.
balls throw tonight tried wild
Tonight he was really good. He can get wild and throw a lot of balls. We tried to let him do that, but he didn't.
ball dave kept nice pitch threw throwing
Dave threw the ball well and kept it down. That's the way to pitch best, throwing the ball nice and easy.
good learn throw
It's good to have them throw together. I think they can learn from each other a little bit.
ball pitchers throwing
Our pitchers got tentative, started throwing ball one, ball two, and when you do that you're going to be in trouble.
betting double run steal throwing tonight tried
You don't try a double steal very often, but we tried it tonight and it worked. When you run a double steal, you're betting on them throwing through. When they don't, it makes you look awfully foolish.
chances continues late pitch pitching safe sorry stays throw
He was disappointed. If he continues to pitch the way he's pitching now and stays healthy, he's going to have a lot of chances to throw shutouts. I think this late in the season, better safe than sorry is the way to go.
days drop innings kid limit remains rotation settled skip talk throwing
How we're going to limit his innings remains to be seen. We can drop him down in the rotation ... when we have days off, we can skip his turn. There's a lot of things we can talk about. We haven't settled on any one strategy; it may be a combination of plans. But the one thing is that we don't want this kid going out there throwing 250 innings.
bury couple spin spun throw
He got away with a couple of curveballs. He just spun it up there, didn't try to bury them. Hopefully, Felix realizes if he's going to throw that pitch, he has to throw it and not just spin it up there.
ball behind falling four hitting plain throwing walking
He (Franklin) was throwing the ball well for four innings, then he started nibbling. When he did that he started falling behind and walking people. Then they started hitting him, plain and simple.