Von Hayes
Von Hayes
Von Francis Hayes, was a Major League Baseball player from 1981 to 1992 for the Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, and California Angels. Hayes was originally acquired by the Phillies in a "five-for-one" trade with the Indians in exchange for Manny Trillo, George Vukovich, Jay Baller, Jerry Willard, and Julio Franco...
establish expected fastball inner inside looked miss normal pitcher trouble type week
Everything looked normal for him, his fastball velocity, everything was good. He just lacked location. He had trouble getting the ball on the inner half. He's the type of pitcher that has to establish inside to those right-handers and he was having trouble with it. He just wasn't sharp. That's kind of expected when you miss a week or two of competition.
good gotten kid naturally nice outfield seen
I've never seen Jed play the outfield before and he's gotten some nice outs. That's good to see from a kid who's naturally a catcher.
advantage anybody coming command control losing san seem streak struggling taking teams
It doesn't seem like we have anybody right now who will come in and take control of the game. They're struggling with their command and other teams are taking advantage of it. San Antonio was coming in with a nine-game losing streak and you know they weren't going to go away easily. But you still have to make pitches.
definitely guys last mirror nights played themselves work
We need to work through it and get back on course. I definitely feel like we're an above-average team, but the way we've played the last two nights we're very mediocre. These guys should look in the mirror and see themselves as not a first place team.
break bunt drive execute failed game missed winning
We didn't drive in a run. One was a balk and the other was an error. We missed so many opportunities to break the game open. We failed to execute a bunt and there's just all the little things that keep you from winning games.
beat bottom exactly guys hits middle order pitching secret
That was huge. It's been no secret that they've been pitching around some of the guys in the middle of our order. Those are the guys at the bottom of the order they're going to try and make beat them. (Friday) that's exactly what they did. They went out and got the big hits for us.
base behind games hold last people plate quicker runners running second taking throwing
With Suzuki, we should have quicker games because we don't have to hold the runners on as much as we used to. Kurt's going to give us something behind the plate that we didn't see last year. That's not taking anything away from the people we've had but times don't lie. His times throwing to second base are consistently around 1.9 to 1.92 (seconds).
good guys happy left men middle pitches position pull runners running scoring swinging talked ton
We left a ton of runners on base. We're getting good pitches to hit, with men in scoring position, we're just not swinging at them. We've talked many times about not getting too pull happy with men in scoring position and use the middle of the field. Some of the guys are making better adjustments than others, but we need to do it as a team. Just keep working on it is all we can do.
below case equally good guys last reason sent trouble
It's going to be a good year. I'm comfortable with the guys we have and some of the guys that are below us in case we get into trouble injury-wise or guys get sent out of here. There's no reason why we shouldn't be equally as competitive as we were last year.
bat batting bus guys incredible morning sure swing swung today took
It's amazing. Here I thought guys were going to be really tired. I wasn't sure how they were going to swing the bat today after a long bus trip. We got in about 4:30 in the morning (Saturday) night. We didn't take any batting practice. We just took a little infield, went out there and played. It's incredible the way they swung the bat.
basically free struggling throwing velocity
He was throwing free and easy, he wasn't struggling with getting his velocity up and basically pitched with a lot of confidence.
coming deal decision family main move passion slow spend spring start struggling third time training wish year
He was struggling right of out of spring training with coming back for the third year in Double-A. When he got off to the slow start I think he was just questioning his passion for the game. His main decision was he wanted to spend more time with his family and move on to a different livelihood. We have to deal with it and wish him well.
decided game office passion san walked wish yesterday
He walked into my office yesterday after San Antonio's game and said his passion is elsewhere, so he decided to retire. We wish him well.
arm forward full looking looks nice played playing plays san strength sure year
He made two nice plays the first day he played in San Antonio. He's the real deal. I wasn't sure about his arm strength because of the soreness but the arm strength looks great. I'm looking forward to him playing a full year with us.