Mike Hargrove Pitch Quotations

He was disappointed. If he continues to pitch the way he's pitching now and stays healthy, he's going to have a lot of chances to throw shutouts. I think this late in the season, better safe than sorry is the way to go.

He'll pitch at least one simulated game and probably a 'B' game. We want to get him to the 50- to 55-pitch level before he leaves.

His velocity was good from the first pitch on. Joel threw the ball extremely well.

We pitched well for four innings. The sad thing is you have to pitch well for nine innings.

We pitched well for four innings and we didn't pitch well for five. The sad thing is you need to pitch well for nine innings.

On the whole it was a good outing. There were a lot of times when Gil over-threw and cost himself a higher pitch count early. But he seemed to settle down in the third, fourth and fifth, got the ball down and made pitches when he needed to.

A pretty impressive debut, rough luck there in the first inning, but he threw the ball well. He got better as he went along. We'll increase his pitch count the next outing.

Dave threw the ball well and kept it down. That's the way to pitch best, throwing the ball nice and easy.

If he continues to pitch the way he did, then he'll have plenty of opportunities to throw shutouts.

He's not going to hit 30 or 35 homers, but when he gets his pitch he can hit it out. He can drive the ball.

He pitched two innings in relief in Toronto, so we're not expecting 120 pitches from him. But we haven't set a firm pitch count for him yet. We will before he pitches, but I'd love to see four or five innings from him.

The first two innings, every pitch Ryan threw was down the middle and waist high.