Quotes About Pitchers

When I first came up, the bullpen was pretty much where they put the guys who couldn't start.

People think of the greatest home run hitters of all time and think of Babe Ruth; they don't think about that Warren Spahn hit more than anybody.

A lot of people think pitchers, and they just think throwing and that's where all the power comes from. It's really not. It starts from the ground up. If you have a strong base, the legs will actually do the work and build all the torque and power you need to throw. So if you have weak legs at the end of the year, that's not good.

If you are used to going five innings and then go six or seven, you won't have your good stuff. They need to start that from the minor leagues and give pitchers strong arms.

Sometimes pitchers' duels are just as interesting as home-run affairs.

I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should be a pitcher. But I never expected to be picked in the first round. I wasn't even sure I'd get picked at all.

There aren't many hitters who like facing knuckleball pitchers. They may not be intimidated by them, but they sure are thinking about them before they go into the box.

Give me 10 high school pitchers, let me spend a week with them, and I'll show you 10 pitchers who won't balk. It's not that difficult, and they better learn it.

Left-handed pitchers get paid a lot of money to get left-handed guys out or else they wouldn't be in there. They feel confident going up against lefties. If you look at most lefties' numbers, typically they happen to be better against lefties than against righties. That's all it is.

Watching National League pitchers trying to hit or even bunt is depressing.

I feel like, in general, lefties hit fastballs from right-handed pitchers better than right-handers hit fastballs from right-handed pitchers.

There are some great pitchers in this league. You're going to get fooled sometimes. They're going to get you.

I hate when pitchers get me out multiple times. It's probably an ego thing, but I don't like that.

You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.

Most pitchers fear losing their fastball, but since I don't have one, I have nothing to fear but fear itself.

I would think every organization has pitchers who have good talent but just don't have what it takes to make it with what they've got.

I think there's a growing number of pitchers who want to have a plan going into a game about how they're going to go after that lineup. I'd say 75 percent want to have an idea, and they plan their attack. I know that 75 percent of hitters do not have that same type of plan against a pitcher.

Baseball's postseason shifts from game to game because of starting pitchers and the geography of the ballparks.

I know my Dad's a National League guy. I'm an American League guy. I tell him all the time we got better hitters. He's like well we got better pitchers. I'm like cause you all got those easy outs at the end.

I watch all the pitchers I admire. I love watching Cliff Lee. It looks easy for him when he's on the mound; he's almost like an artist. He knows exactly how to get guys out.

Control what I can control. Study the pitchers, work hard, put the work in. That's all I can control.

Short pitchers often have compact, repeatable mechanics that can lead to good control and command.

Learn the league, learn the pitchers, learn how they're going to go after you.

Pitchers are going to break. You can limit their pitches and limit their innings, and they're still going to blow out. Pitching is hard on the arm.