Randy Ridley Quotations

This is the foundation of the whole season. These are the guys that we really want to look at who we feel will be an important part of our season.

Even though the weather is nice for this time of the year, it's still too cold for these pitchers to be throwing a lot of balls outside, so we stayed in the gym this week and worked hard so when we do get outside, we will be strong and ready for the season.

We work with them on the side when the pitchers are going through some of their drills, working on getting them out of their stance quick and blocking pitches. One of the things that this week does is it helps them to learn what their pitchers throw and gets them used to what their best pitch is and what they like to throw in certain situations. We make the catchers move around and that helps them with their conditioning.

Conditioning-wise, this group is leaps and bounds ahead of the other group. They won't be as sore or as tired by the end of practice. Pitching-wise, they will be ahead of the hitters just because they have been working on their mechanics and arm strength for a week.