More - Buck Showalter Quotes

Kevin had a great spring. He started off slow, having a nagging injury, but he is starting to swing the bat well. He is seeing the ball well and centers the ball so well. Kevin is so strong that the ball has a lot of carry. He can just power the ball out of here.

Buck Showalter

 Injury

Everybody thinks their future is bright. We love the potential they have. It can just fortify the thinking more than anything else.

Buck Showalter

 Future

We were fortunate tonight with all the walks and the hit batter. We had to scrap to get through it, but those are the games you like to win even though there were some things we could have done better.

Buck Showalter

 

Everything Michael does is geared toward [the first pitch of the game]. The way he prepares and goes about his business is a lesson for all of us.

Buck Showalter

 

He might be the best pitcher in our league. He throws so hard [high 90s], and he'll throw that changeup when he gets bored.

Buck Showalter

 

We're real happy with Kevin this spring. He's healthy, feels good, all his pitches are there, he hasn't missed a beat. We like what he's done in his career and he has continued on that path.

Buck Showalter

 

He had a blister that was heating up in the sixth inning. Hopefully, he'll get to the point where he can go another inning, but between the blister and his pitch count, we wanted to be careful.

Buck Showalter

 

I think what he's doing is showing everybody what (the A's) lost last year, ... It's always good to see good professional people like (Ellis) come back. We need guys like him.

Buck Showalter

 

We were in a position where we needed a pitcher [Friday] who was capable of elongated innings.

Buck Showalter

 

(Rogers) has had another solid year. He's going to end up in the top 10 in ERA. He has been our best starting pitcher.

Buck Showalter