Bryan Price Good Quotations

Sure, I'm interested in Arizona, of course. But beyond the obvious connection between Bob and I, I'm just as much interested in making sure that this would be a good fit for me beyond that.

We're really pleased. He's been very vocal to our staff, that he's here to serve them. He puts the lion's share of his focus on defensive play. He's a real pro. Pitchers sometimes shake to the wrong pitch. The sign of a real good catcher is that he runs out there and doesn't let the pitcher make that mistake. He's shown a propensity to do that. I'm really impressed.

He came back and really gave us a chance to win. He comes out and establishes that he's going to throw strikes, and that gets him into a good rhythm.

He has to learn that a 95 mph pitch in the middle of the plate is not a good pitch.

It's just being smart. We want to see where he's at in a day or two. If he's in good throwing shape, he'll be ready to go.

There's so much more when you get to the big leagues than a young player can anticipate. And that's beyond the pressures of trying to pitch well from the start. So we will have a good long talk about some of the things that can end up being unexpected hurdles when guys get here.

My philosophy is that really good pitchers know their mechanics and are able to self-correct when the game is on the line. A pitching coach can't go out there every time there's a tough situation.

We're going to familiarize ourselves with (Hernandez) so we can get a pretty good idea, as we enter the season, of what we can expect with him as far as workload goes. I don't want to say, though, that because he threw 125 innings or so last year, that he's not capable of throwing 180 or 190 innings this year. It will all be based on how he feels.