“I think about his first bullpen and you could tell he had outstanding talent,” Sox manger Tony La Russa said. “And then I watched the progress where he got more consistent in repeating his delivery and commanding pitches and he takes it into the season and all different situations he had to face, sometimes it was really good early and then got a little struggle, never quit competing. And then quickly would tweak, come to the dugout, he and (pitching coach) Ethan (Katz) would talk and he’d fix it. Just watched him progress, it’s been really fun for all of us to see him … just get better at a quicker rate than you would expect. And he was pitching for a team all of the time in contention, so a little extra pressure.
