In the span of a year, the Diamondbacks went from having one of the worst pitching staffs in baseball to one of the best. Mike Butcher was there through good and bad.
With spring training winding down, Butcher, the Diamondbacks’ pitching coach, took a few minutes to discuss some of the factors behind the staff’s drastic improvement.
Question: The pitching staff as a whole made a huge turnaround ... . What factors do you think were more responsible for that?
Answer: There were several things, with the maturity of the pitching staff being right up there at the top.