Chance Douglass is interviewed about his rough AAA promotion last year:
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“It was one of those things where I think usually I am ahead of the hitters mentally, but when I got to Triple-A, I didn’t feel that,” Douglass said. “I was playing catchup the whole Triple-A season.
“Definitely, it was a learning experience I can use. Having older guys on the team, I was really able to pick their brains. Even though I didn’t do a great job implementing it, I’ve had a whole offseason to process it.”
On working with kids:
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“My message is baseball is a very fun game,” Douglass said. “But it takes hard work, and you have to put in the time. Nothing comes easy.
“I’ve been impressed (with the ability of the young players). Some of them can definitely throw. The thing which I tell them all, no matter what skill level you are at now, you can all be that much better next year.”
On setting goals:
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“All the time I set goals,” Douglass said. ” It’s hard to set as far as where I am at because that’s out of my hands. So I set performance goals as far keeping my ERA at a certain point, have a good strikeout-to-walk ratio, make all my starts, just stuff like that.”