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When Pitching Coaches Cry

No crying in baseball, Dept.

Posted by

jemanji

3/23/13

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dig if you will, the picture

you and i engaged in a miss

why do we debate each other?

this is what it sounds like - when doc cries

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Like Steve Martin said in My Blue Heaven. If you're sayin' that SSI was already rooting for Erasmo and Maurer? You got a point. But this is still da troot'.

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=== Release Point ===

The peanut gallery wanted to know, did Blake Fister give up 9 runs and 16 hits because his catcher was detonated by a bat to the hairline? The gallery has a sure answer on that one. That was not the reason. Not probably not the reason. It was definitely not the reason.

From the first batter, Dr D looked on in horror as Bl... um, Bl-ister invented 16 completely different pitching motions in the first inning. As you recall, last time out he did a pretty cool imitation of Doug Fister, complete with high front side, long front step and high release point. This time around, Blister did not step in the same place twice.

It's not just my opinion. Dig if you will this picture, his LOVELY release point from two starts ago, nice and high, nice and consistent...

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And his release point from today, which had a rather less amorous relationship with the 6' line:

ds are who they are.

Maurer's seventh year, you say? The kid will be throwing 86 MPH seven years from now. Taijuan Walker and James Paxton won't.

BABVA,

Dr D

Comments

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That was my thought as well.

After two batters yesterday, I said "OK...Beavan is back to being confused and really bad again..."
Based on the inconsistency in his delivery alone.
Baker said Beavan had some success with the curve and I responded, "WHAT?? What game were you watching, Geoff?" Because every curveball that was a strike yesterday was getting smoked.
Sorry...but Beavan needs to be in AAA, not the bullpen. That's where you go when you have mechanical issues to work out. You do not do that in big league games.

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He was doing something kind of right

Out of 29 balls in play, only 5 were fly balls (2 of those were popouts), a stunning 11 line drives, and 13 ground balls. And despite the 16 hits and 11 line drives, the Indians only had 4 XBH. So, while it is a small dim light at the end of the tunnel, Beavan is keeping the batters from getting any loft on his pitches.

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More cheerleading

Every pitcher has bad days, and if this is what Blake Beavan looked like when he gets detonated (4 runs through 5 innings before every ball started landing in the 6th), I could live with that, I don't expect most teams will manage a .518 BABiP.
As long as it was an off day that is.

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