38 Quotes by Jim Colborn

When you commit to a delivery alteration or different focus, which we've done with almost every single pitcher on the staff, it sometimes takes a while to get the consistent release point. It takes a while to be able to throw the baseball without concentrating on that alteration. Once it's ingrained in there to where they can throw without concentrating on that and put all of their focus on getting hitters out, then they pitch better.

Right now, my job is just going to be to observe and learn for a while. But I know there is talent here.

I mainly wanted to see what his delivery looked like compared to earlier in the spring. The pace is much better, his balance is better. So I think we're on the right track.

He's had confidence before and he's had success before. It's in the package. That's what it is all about, for individual players to realize that who they are is good enough. Most of the problems are caused when a player thinks he has to do more or be radically different than what his talents are in order to succeed. In most cases, that's not the case. They just need to be themselves and trust that.

He's consistent and feels very good about it. His balance is good. He's a lot better than the films I saw from last year. I think he'll pitch well.

He looked really good. I was quite surprised that he looked so good. It was a really nice delivery.

Good hitters want to extend their arms, they want to take away the inside of the plate and look middle-to-away. If a pitcher can establish the inside of the plate, it keeps a hitter honest.

He's a lot more than I expected him to be. He's not as refined as he might be -- or is going to be -- but that's my impression.

He's doing fine. But we're going to continue to be cautious.