23 Quotes by Mike Arbuckle

Because of the time he's missed, we wanted to accelerate him, and felt the best way to do that was to put him against more experienced Triple-A hitters. We've never had a question about ability or command; it's just been health.

He has consistently shown improved velocity and better command of the split-finger. His velocity is in the low 90s. It's getting back to where it needs to be.

He needs three pitches. At times, we've seen a Major League breaking ball, but it's hard to develop a third pitch in that role. He's a three-pitch guy.

Jason's a better catch-and-throw guy. I don't know if he's a better hitter. At this stage, both were confident kids that believed they were going to be big leaguers.

Jason has the mental makeup and, to me, that's a huge part of it when you start thinking about double-jumping guys. It's 60-40 we will do it. It depends on the way he swings the bat in spring training.

We have no timetable on him. Hopefully, he'll stay on this course. If he continues to pitch like this, it may move up our timetable. But it also depends on how the rotation is going in Philadelphia.

We definitely wanted him to pitch better (and make the big club. To be honest, he pitched his way out of the picture. His velocity was so-so and it looked like he was pitching away from the bat.

We definitely see him having a chance of being a back-of-the-bullpen guy. He has a plus-plus fastball.

We don't anticipate Cole being there a real long time.