Clint Hurdle Pitches Quotations

He very well could, if he pitches well enough, ... That's been mapped out for him, told him he could have that opportunity.

He didn't crack. It was a good outing for him, not having his best stuff and the conditions as they were with the wind, and to keep making pitches through the four innings and put zeros on the board, it was a good outing.

He's kind of playing behind, catching up, as far as seeing pitches. He saw a number of pitches today.

He's been working on an assortment of pitches to use if that opportunity is ever presented to him. I think he's wasting his time.

He experienced every emotion. He pitches well at times. He learned to battle and survive at times. He didn't back down from anything. He carried his load.

I thought he handled a couple of challenges very well. I thought his first 10 pitches were up a bit, and then I thought he got pretty good command of the strike zone down.

I thought he took a very positive first step. He didn't get outside of himself. In the first inning he was mid-20s in pitches, but he battled. He didn't give up a big inning after that. Any time there was traffic, he held runners well. He made pitches when he had to. He mixed his pitches. He held the left-handers very effectively. A big outing for him and a big win for us.

We haven't been sharp. Off the mound, defensively, there are things we should have done better. We didn't make good pitches out of the bullpen when we got close. The offense rallied late, and hopefully that'll give us some momentum going into (today).

As we've talked about in the past, when he pitches (instead of throws), he can be very good.

He's staying on pitches so well. He's got power. When he catches the ball, he can click it.

It wasn't just a case of Todd not getting pitches to hit, that is way too simplistic. That was part of it. Sometimes, of course, they're going to choose not to pitch to him. He had pitches to hit. He just didn't hit them. He'll be the first one to tell you that.

It shows that if you don't make quality pitches you are going to be hurt at this level. After that one-out error, he never really recovered.

He's not making his best pitches in traffic in his three starts so far. That's the next step for him.

He came in and helped Band-Aid things together and put himself in a good position for what might happen later on down the road. He built his confidence up. He pitched a lot better than he did last spring. He hit his spots, threw all his pitches for strikes and got the ball down.