When the bullpen phone rings in the dugout, the D-Backs do their best to make sure no one hears it. “We’ll either wait for the roar of the crowd and (pitching coach) Mike Butcher will stand right next to the phone so they won’t hear it ringing. Lovullo believes in giving his starting pitchers a lot of rope, so much so that he is more likely to be one batter late in removing a starter than one batter early. "A player that is full of confidence and has the mindset ‘I got this’ is what I want to create. You start showing players you are losing confidence in them, they can react in a very negative way.

Source: Forbes April 13, 2019 03:22 UTC