8 innings, 107 pitches, 12 K’s, throw 100 effortlessly.
That's their weakness and Weaver has taken a few steps back from last year. Having said that, Bednar was a good pick up from a mid season trade and Cruz came through in a big spot in game 2.
Agree, but so far their big power bats have mostly not showed up yet and they could be due.
How on earth did he last until the 7th round??? Even if he was totally raw, with that velocity you figure someone would take a shot they could teach him control. What a steal.
Yes, and Toronto, Boston and NY played in a tougher division by far than any of the other teams. They all probably win any other AL division. The run differential stats are wild. NY was #1, Boston #2 in the AL. Cleveland was negative.
Yeah it's crazy that the the toughest division in the league has to go through itself to get to the ALCS. Having every team in the same side of the bracket is dumb.
He was only throwing 89-90 in college. Supposedly he only started hitting 100 this year.
No ghost runners in the postseason - it's back to old fashioned extra innings
Certainly has the frame to support it. The size of pitchers these days is mind blowing - a lot of these guys are now rolling out there between 240-260. Rodon, Crochet, Yanks closer. These guys look like linebackers.
The son of one of my friends played at Northeastern with Schlittler. He came into Northeastern throwing around 90 and was 93-94 his last year at Northeastern. His last year also wasn’t too good which is why he slipped to the 7th round. Yankees did a good job with his development I guess.
They’re trying to speed the game along - anything that helps has to be accepted.
I don’t think anyone wants to watch a reg season game slog through 14 innings plus at 11:30.
He is 6’6” 225. But the Yankee coaching just molded and improved on his raw talent. It’s pro coaching and it’s full time unlike college. His future appears bright but pitchers get injured so damn easily.
It's why keeping an eye on his, or any starting pitchers, pitch count from game to game in the regular season and in aggregate is so important. I loved that Schlittler went out there in the 8th and really wanted him to pitch in the 9th. But if that were a regular season game, he most certainly gets pulled in the 7th when he reached 100 pitches.
If you believe 2-3-2 gives the lower seeded team an advantage, it certainly wasn't a MASSIVE advantage if any at all-the historical data doesn't support that . The higher seeded team had the advantage. If the higher seeded team won at least 1 road game of the middle three after losing 1 of the first 2 home games they were either up 3-2 in the series with 2 chances at home to close the series or down 2-3 in the series with two games at home fight off elimination.
Your 2nd paragraph is close, but not exactly right with the complaint. The complaint was that the higher seeded team ended up playing on the road for the most pivotal game of the series, game 5
100 mph is unique and not that consistently common in starters. Relievers, some of them.
It's becoming more common with starters. And hitters adjust. Which is why starters need to have other plus pitches. Misiorowski with the Brewers is a good example. People were awed at his velocity, but it didn't take long for batters to start hitting him because they could sit fastball - his other offerings weren't that good. To a lesser extent, Hunter Greene is someone who relies too often on velocity. I think he'll be an excellent pitcher going forward and he's already really good, but he's had issues with sequencing, so he can get hit around a lot early in games. Bubba Chandler on my Pirates is another example. His 2nd start was an emabarrassment. His 101s just got belted all over and he gave up nine runs in no time. But he's got Skenes showing him the way and Chandler's been great since. Mets fans surely remember Colin Holderman. He can bust 100+ at will but he tends to groove them. He ended up spending much of this year in AAA figuring out how to pitch to major Leaguers.
You can’t have 1 pitch even at 100 but major leaguers always have more or they shouldn’t be brought up. Can is already 24, the Yankees take their time.
Good question. Pirates had a reliever named Kyle Crick 8 years ago whose main pitch was a frisbee with little downward break. Absurd vertical movement often ending 6" or more outside. He had one good year then batters stopped swinging at the thing and forcing him to throw strikes. It wasn't called a sweeper. Pretty sure the announcers just called it a slider for lack of a better descriptor. Baseball Savant also shows it as a slider.
It’s not a new pitch. Over the years it’s been called a curve, slider, slurve or breaking ball. Just a new name attached to a pitch that breaks. Also, if you take 5 different pitchers and have each one of them throw a curve or slider, they will break differently because of speed, grip, arm angle, etc.