Ted Lilly
Ted Lilly
Theodore Roosevelt "Ted" Lilly IIIis an American former professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball. Lilly attended Yosemite High School in Oakhurst, California, and Fresno City College. He played in MLB for the Montreal Expos, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth4 January 1976
coming definitely efficient spring starts wish
I just wish I was more efficient and that definitely starts with command. That's kind of my No. 1 thing coming into spring training, locating the baseball.
against ball club days gave mean potent ran team three threw throwing today tough year york
Every year, they're going to have a pretty potent lineup. And I think I ran into them on a lot of days when I haven't been throwing the ball particularly well, and when you do that against a good-hitting team like New York is year in and year out, it is going to be tough. Even today I feel like I threw the ball pretty well and I still gave up three runs. I mean it's just a tough club to really go out there and control.
behind command count guys hit last none remember three time top walked
My command was pretty terrible, obviously. I can't remember the last time I've hit three batters in one game, walked two guys on top of that and pitched behind in the count so much. None of that was good.
games
Those are the games I love. They're like wars. I feel like if I win, I survive. If I lose, I die.
fastball good liked location number
I would have liked my curveball to be a little sharper. I've been working on it this spring. The location of my fastball is good and that is my number one priority.
couple face felt fun hitters shaky
I felt good, it was fun to out there and face hitters again. I was a little shaky the first couple of hitters but it got better.
ball believed certainly expects four goal guys high last types wins
The organization expects me to be a significant contributor and I certainly expect that of myself. When I go into any season, the last four years, I believed that I was going to get the ball 30-32 times, if healthy. I want to be one of those guys who wins 20 games. That's always been a goal of mine. Even after last year, I still have those types of high expectations.
nice pitch
It was nice to go out there and feel completely healthy, to pitch decently,
It was a check-up. Nothing special. It was scheduled. I'm fine.
camp coming group nice rest spring training
It's nice coming into camp and being able to do the things the rest of the group is doing. I don't want to have to play catch-up in Spring Training again.
ahead bit camp coming group nice prepared rest sooner throwing
It's kind of nice coming into camp and doing everything the rest of the group is doing. I started throwing a little bit sooner to get myself ahead and better prepared to come in.
bit friday healthy improved liked pitching ready saturday since
I want to get ready for Friday or Saturday, Saturday would be optimum. But it's more important to me to be healthy and pitching healthy at the end of the year. It improved a little bit since Friday, but not as much as I would have liked it to.
believe capable club pieces together winning
I thought we really got the important pieces to kind of put together the club that I believe is capable of winning the division.
A lot of times, they feel that pressure.