Drew Pomeranz

I was 11 years old and have the same curveball I have now. So I was literally striking everybody out. I always threw hard, and I was bigger than all the kids, so I would throw hard and throw that curveball, and no one could hit me.

Repeating my mechanics was difficult. I was always trying to do something different to make it click.

When you don't have one that you throw for strikes - they are good hitters - they can cancel out one pitch and go to another. Now I have four pitches. If one's not working, I've got three others. It makes the game totally different.

You can be a two-pitch guy and be successful, but your room for error is very small.

It's hard to be a two-pitch guy. People tell you that, but you don't really believe it.

I've had the benefit of doing pretty much everything. So I'm really pretty comfortable in any situation.

My dad taught me really early so I could take a lot of pressure off my elbow. Because the way I throw it, it doesn't crank up my elbow like everyone else's curveballs.

I just want to pitch well enough for us to win. In my mind, that's what it's all about.

Getting my curveball back and finding another pitch just helped me figure out how to pitch.

I've always been fastball-curveball and really relied on that pitch, and when it goes away, it just totally changes how you attack hitters.

The big thing will be having two pitches you can throw for strikes and developing a change-up, too.

A change of scenery can help everything.