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Jeremy Guthrie threw on the side today in his latest attempt to make another start and avoid being shut down for the last few weeks.

Pitching coach Rick Kranitz spent part of this morning talking to Garrett Olson in his latest attempt to figure out how he can help the young left-hander.

Manager Dave Trembley sees a pitcher who lacks confidence and looks nervous when he's on the mound - the complete opposite of how Olson projects himself at Triple-A.

"He gets in a situation where he gets stuck and he can't get out," Trembley said.

"He dominates in the minor leagues, and he comes here and it's just the opposite. I don't know if he's still not used to pitching at this level, he needs more seasoning, he needs more experience, he needs more exposure. I really don't have a definitive answer, but we need to explore all possibilities and see if we can figure something out.

"He comes across as if everything's OK. He comes across as if he's got it all figured out. He comes across as if he feels good. But then we see what he's doing. To me, he looks nervous out there. You guys have been watching baseball for a long time. That's what it looks like to me. Whether or not we can do something or he can do something to get him over that hurdle is yet to be seen. You guys have been watching as long as I have, and I'm sure if I was to poll each and every one of you, or the people who watch the games at home, or whatever...your eyes don't betray you. There's enough information that seems to be gathered that would appear to be that there's something more than just a physical ability or inability to throw the ball over the plate. And that's where I'm at with Garrett Olson.

"He's a tremendous young man. They don't come much better. Works his butt off. But when he gets out on the mound, it seems like there's something holding him...I don't know. We've got to try to help Garrett. I think he's fighting himself to such an extreme that he's not allowing his abilities to come out. He's got to be putting such a tremendous amount of pressure on himself, and for what reason, I don't know.

"This guy's a very smart guy, an engineering guy from Cal Poly, and it looks like he's trying to figure it out there with angles and diagrams. He's overcomplicating the whole process. That's what it looks like. I'm no genius but I've seen an awful lot of guys pitch. I can tell the guys who make it look easy and I can tell the guys who make it look real hard, and Garrett's making it look way harder than it should be for a guy who has the ability that he has. And I'm not talking down on the kid because I really like him.

"He ought to let up on himself. He ought to take a deep breath and smell the roses and realize he's in the big leagues. It doesn't look like he enjoys it.

"He's got everything in the world going for him, and he probably wants it so bad that he expects things to happen like this (snaps fingers) and that's not how things happen at this level. It's not an overnight sensation. If it were, there would be a whole lot more people doing it. It's hard. It's not easy. The guys who are real good make it look easy.

"The guy's got to be exhausted, the amount of pressure he's putting on himself. He's got to be completely wiped out. More is not better. Less is sometimes the avenue you've got to go. Take your foot off the pedal."