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I'm a huge advocate of pitching. You have to have good pitching as the solid core, the foundation. It keeps you in every game.

My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.

I've been in baseball my whole life, so I understand there's a lot in baseball that is out of your control, and you have to focus on the things you can control.

The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games.

There's more than one way to do things. There's always different points of views and styles of pitching.

Pitching is the art of instilling fear.

This day and age, you look at baseball as a whole, and not just the pitchers' side of it. You have the weight programs, you have the technology, and as a pitcher, you need to keep up.

Pitching is a priority.

Any time you can go out there and throw 12 pitches in any inning, you give your team some momentum coming in and get some confidence out on the mound.

Baseball is all about pitching, and we know we have to improve our pitching.