Zitat des Tages von Drew Pomeranz:
I was in the big leagues my first year in pro ball - pretty fast. I really don't think I had an understanding of what it meant to be a pitcher at that level at that point.
When you don't have one that you throw for strikes - they are good hitters - they can cancel out one pitch and go to another. Now I have four pitches. If one's not working, I've got three others. It makes the game totally different.
As a pitcher, you can't afford to get too ticked off.
My dad was a really big baseball guy who helped coach me and thought the game should be played the right way.
I've done literally everything there is to do on a baseball field as a pitcher.
I don't think much. I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing. Adjust on the fly if I have to.
I can pretty much take anything that comes at me.
I'm pretty prepared for anything. You could shove me out there in any situation - I've done it.
I'm 5 o'clock lightning, for sure.
If you don't feel right, you're going to try to tweak every pitch, every little thing, things that probably don't even need tweaking.
I don't think I put too much pressure on myself.
At the end of the day, it's me versus you, and I'm trying to get you out. If I can throw you six curveballs in a row and get you out, I'm going to do it all day.
I've had the benefit of doing pretty much everything. So I'm really pretty comfortable in any situation.
There is stuff going on inside me. But I have always been told to go out there and pitch like you can't tell if you just struck somebody out or just gave up a home run. If something bad happens, I don't dwell on it. Just give me the ball and let me pitch.
Just trying to go out there and do the same thing I do every time, take it one pitch at a time and give us the best chance to win.
I threw a lot of fastballs in college.
You can work this hard and sometimes not get recognition for it.
It's hard to be a two-pitch guy. People tell you that, but you don't really believe it.
After the first time I got traded - I was in the bullpen warming up for a game in Double A, and I got called back in and got traded - that was probably the, like, most crazy it could be. And once I got traded, the next time it got a little easier, and I got traded the next time - it's just part of it.
My goal is to go out there, make every start.
It hasn't been very normal in my career, but that first year in pro ball was the craziest year ever.
All I can focus on is my performance, and that's going to help me be successful, no matter where I am.
I haven't been on too many winning teams - in Oakland, we were in first place most of the year, and it was pretty fun, pretty exciting.
I don't mind walking guys as long as I don't give up runs.
Pretty excited to get to Boston. Great city and great team; they're in the race. They want to win here, and that's what I want to do.
I've got four pitches now. I don't have to use them all the time, but I've got them in my pocket now for when it's necessary.
Six innings, you're doing your job. That's a good target to have, but I'm always looking to improve. There's three more innings of improvement left.