On how the Royals’ success against fastballs 95 MPH and above might change his approach…
“I think I’m topping out at the least number right now, so for me, behind Noah (Syndergaard), who’s throwing 150 million miles per hour, and Jake (deGrom), who very wirily throws it up there in the high-90s. I’ve been happy with pitching at 94-95 (MPH), really mixing a lot of different pitches.”
On how he feels to be completing the season and postseason in his first season back from Tommy John surgery…
“Going from zero innings to 202 now, I couldn’t be happier. That number is still gonna creep up. I think the best thing and most positive thing is how I feel after the 200-inning mark. Quite honestly, it’s probably better than I did at the 100 (inning) mark.”
On whether he’ll try to emulate what Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner did in the 2014 World Series…
“I think anybody wants to do what he did. …We obviously have Jacob deGrom, Noah (Syndergaard), and Steven Matz. Better yet, we have Bartolo Colon in the bullpen and Jon Niese. We have a lot of different weapons and obviously I’m here to do everything I can and all those guys are, too.”
On the challenge of facing the Royals, who are an extreme contact-hitting team…
“For us, it’s mixing our pitches and not relying on our effective velocity. Going out there, going over the scouting reports, finding out what works against this team specifically. Obviously we knew going into the Cubs series what they were about. We’ve done our homework here and we know what Kansas City is about.”
On whether he stops to think about how much he’s accomplished in such a short amount of time…
“I don’t think I have, I think my mother definitely has. She’s the number one supporter, kind of saying two words together that bring shock to her mind about success that her little boy has had. My sisters are a couple of years older than I am, so I basically grew up with three mothers. And they all couldn’t be more proud.”
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