22 Quotes by Vance Wilson

Ultimately, he's got to pitch at the knees and then go up in the strike zone. His motor runs pretty high, and he wants to pitch up early.

One thing we won't have a problem with, though, is guys playing hard. Tram will make sure that happens.

From my standpoint, there's not a whole lot different that he could have done. He's passionate. He cares about the players, he backs the players and never once bashed them to the media. I thought he handled things very well and took the pressure off the players. He's taken the fall now for a couple of months. If anything, he might have been too supportive of us.

He's awesome. He's got as good a stuff as we have in this organization.

He was locating. When that happens, the hitter starts thinking. You start playing with his emotions when you pitch that well.

I actually had a 17-pitch at-bat one time. The problem with long at-bats is that you typically miss pitches you should have hit, so you can't get into a mental game.

I thought he actually threw the ball better than his line was.

We're not prepared. That's what it boils down to. There's all kinds of things that are making us look bad now, unfortunately.

Everything he got hurt on had to do with location. He had his good stuff in the bullpen, good game plan. We just missed with our spots, and then you tip your cap to their lineup. They hurt you when you make mistakes.