Ned Yost
Ned Yost
Edgar Frederick "Ned" Yost IIIis a former Major League Baseball catcher and current manager of the Kansas City Royals. He previously managed the Milwaukee Brewers, and played for the Brewers, Texas Rangers, and Montreal Expos...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth19 August 1955
CityEureka, CA
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It's a matter of commanding his fastball and being consistent. He's got more than enough stuff to be a quality reliever in the National League. It sets everything else up when he's throwing his fastball. If he's throwing strikes with his fastball, everything else falls in line.
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A lot of this stuff you learn in games. That's where you learn because it's at game speed. Experience you gain in a game is farm more valuable than going out and practicing something.
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Off a hair, (and) his pitch count got up high. But his stuff was excellent.
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You don't really count on scoring five runs against Roger Clemens. He didn't have great stuff but the thing about that kind of pitcher is that he finds ways to compete even when he doesn't have his best stuff. Any time you beat, you've done something.
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He (Sheets) was lights out. Both pitchers threw phenomenally well tonight. They both had great stuff and were hitting their spots. Benny was about as good as Benny could be.
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(Cappy) had pretty good stuff but he fell back behind and you can't do that against St.Louis. We're glad we could get the win for him.
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He's beating himself. That's what is frustrating. He's not making the other team beat him. He's beating himself. His stuff is too good for that.
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He had pretty good stuff but he fell behind too much, ... But he made big pitches when he needed to and really limited the damage outside of the four-run inning.
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He pitched very, very well. He was very determined, had good stuff and was on the attack and pitched a great game.
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All that stuff takes care of itself when you win,
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Tomo was very crisp today. He was sharp, he was throwing his fastball as hard as he has all year.
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We're going to give this a shot, and a shot is not one day.
We're doing a lot of little things right. We're getting some breaks, too.
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We're getting a look at these guys for next year.