That kid is going to be good; he reminds me of Rocket. He’s young, but that fastball, it’s late. I don’t care what the radar gun says, it seems like it’s on top of you....

It’s not about the velocity. What impressed me was the movement Oliver had with his fastball in the hitting zone. He pitched great. He pitched like the ace of a staff.

I felt good, and that’s three starts in a row I’ve had a good fastball.

telling you what he thinks of his fastball.

The fastball away is his No. 1 pitch. How many hitters can take a fastball away and hit it to right-center or up the middle? He’ll have to locate that consistently.

He threw me one fastball in, and I kind of didn’t see it real well off him,

I was the one who made the mistake. He hit a fastball. It wasn’t a good pitch.

When I’m going well, I’ll hit the ball the other way. That’s where I got in trouble the last week is that I pulled everything – no matter if it’s a fastball away. Today I...

He threw me one fastball and I didn’t see it really well,

[Burgos] tried to go down and away with a split [fastball] and it was up and in. [Jeter] didn’t miss it.

First of all, he throws a hundred … Secondly, he’s learned to spot his fastball. He’s got a good slider, too, but in the last couple years, he’s learned to paint the corners with his...

That’s the way you’re supposed to hit a 3-1 fastball.

No. It was a 3-1 fastball. What are you going to do? Three-one, I’m going to challenge the guy. It could just as easily have been a popup.

A fastball inside, that’s how you get him out. I didn’t think it was a bad pitch.

This was 10 times better than my last start. My location on my fastball was much, much better.

It was a fastball in, and I didn’t get it in enough.

It was one of those things — when it got to be 2-0, I wanted to see a fastball and get a hack on it.

He was throwing as hard a fastball as he’s had all year. He got it up to 93 [mph] a time or two,

My balls were moving, I had life on the fastball, and I was jamming them pretty much for most of the night. A couple of pitches they took advantage of, and that wasn’t even the...

Matt throws a plus slider, but the fastball is his foremost pitch.

The guys in front of me got the job done and because of that, I got a fastball to hit.

He was throwing his off-speed real well, changeups, curveballs. This is a fastball-hitting team. You?re not going to get too many fastballs by this team. He basically threw his off-speed well and spotted up his...

It’s not the same fastball he used to throw. But he’s smart enough to mix ’em up.

We needed Rich to throw that fastball down in the zone better when we have a lead like that late in the game.

All I wanted to do was face him again. I was hoping he would hit me in the back with a fastball. I really was. Just so I could run down to first base, to...

I just left a few pitches up. The first one was a fastball I didn’t quite get in enough. The second one I was behind in the count and I just wanted to throw a...

That’s a real good start. He threw me the fastball and I just tried to get the head of the bat out and get a hit. So that was cool.

He has a nice live fastball. He is such a strong young man that he uses his size to dominate with the fastball. He is working on a change up and he has a good...

I just want to enjoy the win. I faced Toronto like eight times and [didn’t] win. I threw my fastball and my slider well. I was happy with that.

I was just looking for a fastball and he came in, and I got a good swing on it and got it out of here. On the double, I was able to get a slider...

It was a big double play, … In the first it was a fastball down that (Robles) just rolled over on.

He’s not too flashy, but his fastball sinks has a lot of movement on it. When he keeps it down, the hitters are going to beat it into the ground.

That’s probably more than I wanted to throw in four innings. But the velocity on my fastball increased, and that’s a good sign. My mechanics were a little better, too.

[His opponents have recognized his potential from first-hand experience.] He was pretty impressive, … He had a good fastball and curveball the first four innings. Then he found a changeup somewhere and brought that out...

Towers and McClung pitched great, … (Towers) has been on a roll and (McClung) can overpower you with his fastball and when he gets his curveball over he’s tough. He has a great arm.

Towers and McClung pitched great. (Towers) has been on a roll and (McClung) can overpower you with his fastball and when he gets his curveball over he’s tough. He has a great arm.

He was pretty impressive. He had a good fastball and curveball the first four innings. Then he found a changeup somewhere and brought that out with him. He had three quality pitches and he was...