Mike Scioscia
Mike Scioscia
Michael Lorri Sciosciais an American former Major League Baseball catcher and current manager for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He has worked in that capacity since the 2000 season, and is currently the longest-tenured manager in Major League Baseball. As a player, Scioscia made his major league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1980. He was selected to two All-Star Games and won two World Series over the course of his 13-year MLB career, which was spent entirely...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 November 1958
CityUpper Darby, PA
ball competition decision involve last point rough spots throwing throws year
Esteban is throwing the ball better than he had at any point last year so that is encouraging. There is going to be some decision to made that may or may not involve Esteban, but there is competition at every level. As long as he throws the ball like he is capable, then he should be a part of it. He had some rough spots last year.
hard looks pitchers plateau puts seen special three throw
It puts Bartolo in a special plateau of pitchers. I haven't seen that many pitchers that can throw it that hard with that kind of movement. He can get three different looks with his fastball.
continue good needs pitching starters talked tank throws velocity
We've talked about that for awhile, ... It's something we'll continue to look at very closely. ... His velocity is good and at times he throws to his pitching spots, and that needs to continue. ... We feel he has enough in his tank to do what any of our starters need to do down the stretch.
ball block confidence dirt either guy guys pitch pitchers tag throw work zone
A lot of times the pitch you need to get a guy out is either out of the zone or in the dirt and you need to block the ball or tag the guy out. Our guys work on that and our pitchers need to have confidence to throw that pitch.
innings kevin main stamina throw
His stamina would be the main thing. We need to see if he can go out and throw 90 pitches. We need him to get us to the point, like any of the starters, to get us to the bullpen. But we have Esteban Yan and we have Kevin Gregg to give us innings if we need.
ball behind command continues count goes quite throwing
He was throwing the ball fine, but his command wasn't quite there. He'll get that more as he continues to throw on the mound. He was getting behind in the count a lot, which isn't his M.O. He usually goes right after hitters.
adept although changing finer good hard hitters hitting keeping keeps knows speeds throwing wants
He keeps getting finer and finer with his stuff. Although he's not throwing as hard as he once did, he's still adept at hitting spots, changing speeds and keeping hitters off-balance. He just knows how to pitch, knows what he wants to do, and he's very good at it.
against ball guys job maximize nice scoring threw throwing
Bedard did a nice job of getting out of some jams after we had some guys in scoring positions. He threw the ball very well. Against a guy who's throwing well, you need to maximize your opportunities.
against arm beat good match pitch pitching
We feel we have a good young arm going against those guys, and the only way you're going to beat pitching is to match them pitch for pitch.
certainly guys hit pitches pressure scoring
We certainly set the table, but we couldn't get that hit with guys in scoring position. (Rodrigo Lopez) made some pitches to put some guys away that were on the money, and we just couldn't put pressure on him. We just couldn't get that one hit to kind of get things going.
carried difference himself pitchers
The way he carried himself on the field, the little things he did made a difference in what his pitchers could do. He was terrific.
guy high level played
Edgardo is a guy that has played at a very high level for a lot of years, and he has an experienced right-handed bat.
bit needed pitches shy
Ervin was a little bit shy on command, but when he needed to make pitches he did.
defense messed year
Our defense has been there all year for us. This is out of the blue, really. Everything you could've messed up, we messed up out there.