48 Quotes by Rick Peterson

He has four pitches that he can locate to both sides of the plate, and that's exciting. You're just excited to see him in competition against big-league hitters and see how they react.

He has the aptitude to learn that. He understands he has the weapons it takes to flip a line-up three times and not become predictable.

He's just not in any kind of rhythm right now. It's all location. He was too much in the middle of the strike zone against an aggressive hitting team.

He was getting to the point where he was going to engage the rubber like he does during the season. That was the step we wanted to take today. He took that step and he felt great.

He was awesome. He was very focused, and he was actually rehearsing sequences. He's not 100 percent, but he's getting there.

You always hear that when hitters are in a groove, they say that they're seeing the ball well. But Chad makes it so they can't.

To me, that was worth the whole trip. I think he understands that young pitchers who settle into the big leagues quickly settle in not because they're fastball-curveball (pitchers) but because they're fastball-changeup.

There are always going to be spikes of inconsistency. Getting through the first year without a setback is huge.

The recovery day is every bit as important as the activity day.