azcentral.com · Aug 9, 2018
Newcomer Matt Andriese credits Diamondbacks pitching coach with recent improvement
Matt Andriese's move to the desert did not go as planned at first.
After being traded from Tampa Bay just before the deadline, Andriese’s first two relief appearances for Arizona — against San Diego and Texas — went about as poorly as they could have gone.
In his first four innings pitched across those two games, he allowed eight hits and three home runs, earning boo birds from the Chase Field crowd when the Rangers were in town.
“When you get traded to a contending team,” Andriese said this week, ”(there are) a little bit different pressures that come into it. (You) just want to have good success right away.”