On SportsDayDFW's "Ballzy" podcast, Evan Grant (back from vacation) is joined by Kevin Sherrington, Barry Horn and Texas Rangers pitching coach Doug Brocail to discuss the landscape of the Rangers' pitching staff heading into 2016.

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Here are some of the highlights from the most recent episode, which can be listened in its entirety at the bottom of this article:

Doug Brocail on his first impression of the arms on the Rangers' pitching staff:

Brocail: Very highly impressed...there's not a lot of 'oh my gosh, this guy needs a lot of work' - the pitching coaches in this organization have done a super job. From the first guy to the last guy, I was highly impressed. A lot of top quality arms. A lot of hard throwers. A lot of guys that can do some things with the ball that prove we have an incredible depth chart in this organization with pitching.

On if roles in the bullpen have started to become defined:

Brocail: You know, I don't know. We haven't sat down and really discussed that. We're meeting again in a few weeks to go over some things. Just looking at it - if it's not broke, don't fix it. That's pretty much my philosophy when you're looking at things for the future. I'm coming into this very happy. I sat down with the guys, talked to them about it, I've seen a ton of video - we have five guys in that bullpen that can close for crying out loud - So, if something was to happen, we'll be OK.

On the benefits of pitching inside:

Brocail: Well, the most important thing is the mistakes late in a ballgame usually are made middle of the plate, in, as a reliever. Throughout my whole career, you hear 'if you're going to give up a bomb, give it up to the big part of the field' which is usually away...The main goal for pitching inside is buying real estate. If we're going to primarily make our living away, then we have to buy real estate, and for that to happen you have to pitch in, you have to pitch in for strikes, you have to pitch in for effect, you have to pitch in up, and that's the goal.

Comparing what he has to work with as a coach for the Astros (2010-2015) vs. currently with the Rangers:

Brocail: The Houston Astros have a ton of talent as far as arms, and I mean a ton of talent. The thing that I noticed was last year at Double-A, I had a ton of that talent, and when that talent moved north, either to Triple-A or the big leagues, I got more of the talent... But I will tell you - and you read a lot of things, and I'm not taking a shot at Houston, I'm not trying to bolster our fans - but the arms that I saw, and the arms that we have on paper, and the guys we saw face us at the Double-A level last year, and listening to my pitching coaches, who they had at Triple-A, and looking at our roster invitees - we have just as much, if not more pitching, as the Houston Astros.

Listen to the entire podcast to hear more from Doug Brocail - including being called "Broke" and other nicknames, and teaching the mentality of pitching inside with police riot gear...