Mark Wiley
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"Mark Eugene Wiley" is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres, and Toronto Blue Jays. He has also been a pitching coach for the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Florida Marlins, and Kansas City Royals.

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I think this is where we want to be. We're getting guys healthy. If we have one of our starters, either Valdez or Moehler in the bullpen, that's our strength. Other teams don't have guys like that.

He's really picked up his tempo out there. Some of the things he was doing, I could almost tell what he was going to throw. Now, he's pitching aggressively. That works real good with a guy who has a good changeup.

Innocent people have been drawn into someone else's conflict.

The very economy of the Western Cape is at stake if they do not give us that capacity.

He really studies hitters, probably more than most closers. I viewed him as a setup man, because he hadn't closed in a while. But in the spring I saw him, and I didn't realize the stuff he had and how he managed it. (This season) doesn't surprise me, because it was that good.

The fact that Seattle is so far away is a significant one.

A lights-out bullpen that comes on in the seventh puts pressure on the offense. That gives you an advantage if you can turn the game into a six- or seven-inning game like the Yankees have done over the years.

He'll say, 'Yeah, you couldn't hit that, Luis, no way,' ... He's a strike-thrower. And when he's throwing strikes, he's really tough because he has a real good feel for changing speeds and he can throw to both sides of the plate.

The starters get you there, and then the bullpen determines the outcome. The majority of the games are very close. It seems like it doesn't matter how good your offense is.