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" The cutter has really helped me stay in the game longer and helped me get past the five, six innings a little more consistently. "

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" At the end of the day, it's me versus you, and I'm trying to get you out. If I can throw you six curveballs in a row and get you out, I'm going to do it all day. "

" I was in the big leagues my first year in pro ball - pretty fast. I really don't think I had an understanding of what it meant to be a pitcher at that level at that point. "

" My goal is to go out there, make every start. "

" I'm 5 o'clock lightning, for sure. "

" After the first time I got traded - I was in the bullpen warming up for a game in Double A, and I got called back in and got traded - that was probably the, like, most crazy it could be. And once I got traded, the next time it got a little easier, and I got traded the next time - it's just part of it. "

" My whole career's been kind of crazy, so you can't really surprise me. "

" Seven innings, three starts in a row, that's an improvement for me, and that's what I want to do: be out there in the game longer. "

" Getting my curveball back and finding another pitch just helped me figure out how to pitch. "

" It's pretty frustrating waiting for anything. "

" No one wants to be known as a six-inning guy. "

" I've had the benefit of doing pretty much everything. So I'm really pretty comfortable in any situation. "

" I was 11 years old and have the same curveball I have now. So I was literally striking everybody out. I always threw hard, and I was bigger than all the kids, so I would throw hard and throw that curveball, and no one could hit me. "

" It hasn't been very normal in my career, but that first year in pro ball was the craziest year ever. "

" A change of scenery can help everything. "

" I was a thrower. I think I'm more of a pitcher now. "

" Every time is a learning experience, and you pick up a little bit, and you learn things and try not to repeat them the next time. "

" I've always been fastball-curveball and really relied on that pitch, and when it goes away, it just totally changes how you attack hitters. "

" As a pitcher, you can't afford to get too ticked off. "

" I just want to pitch well enough for us to win. In my mind, that's what it's all about. "

" The big thing will be having two pitches you can throw for strikes and developing a change-up, too. "

" It's hard to be a two-pitch guy. People tell you that, but you don't really believe it. "

" I have to do a better job of learning how to adjust. "

" Every outing is a learning experience. "

" All I can focus on is my performance, and that's going to help me be successful, no matter where I am. "

" Just trying to go out there and do the same thing I do every time, take it one pitch at a time and give us the best chance to win. "

" I don't think much. I'm just going to keep doing what I've been doing. Adjust on the fly if I have to. "

" I can pretty much take anything that comes at me. "

" I've done literally everything there is to do on a baseball field as a pitcher. "

" In my bullpen sessions, I'm just trying to feel comfortable, throw strikes, and not get too complicated. "