23 Quotes by Mike Arbuckle

He's throwing the ball well, and our reports are all positive.

He's ready for a challenge to get out to a different environment, with more people in the park, with better caliber of players that he'll face. He's ready to do those things. In his mind, he was ready a few months ago, but we thought it made more sense to wait.

He's another guy in the picture who's a candidate if we need a pitcher.

If his ability is what we think it is, the opportunity will be here, sooner rather than later. Realistically, you can't put a timetable, because he's missed nearly two years of productive development time. He's got to perform at Triple-A over a stretch of time, and his actions over that stretch will show us when he has to be in Philadelphia.

The main thing is he's been able to answer the bell. His fastball is up to 93 miles per hour. The Class AAA innings and production at that level are what we're looking for.