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Post by inger on Apr 25, 2021 19:19:01 GMT -5
How did the Yankees miss the boat on Garrett Whitlock? The guy still has not been scored upon for the Red Sox in 11 innings pitched and has 14 strikeouts. I don't know much about him except that he was in our system and picked by the Red Sox in the Rule 5 draft. I did a little reading up here. Seems Sox reliever Andriese <sp> Spent some time with Whitlock working out with him and helped him change his mindset on his changeup and he started worrying less about if his change was in the strike zone. Whitlock then made a minor change to the grip and more or less killed a bit of the spin on it that made it drop even more. It seems a lot of things in baseball come from chance meetings. Imagine Sparky Lyle if he never met the guy that taught him his slider, then imagine all the guys that Sparky taught the slider in turn... I think things like this happen more among pitchers because of the time they spend in the bullpen, but again... some one have Gio an idea or two about hitting. And I know a couple guys gave me golf tips that made me wind up out driving them by 60-80 yards. They saw my flaw, but were unable to fix their own... just like batting coaches... |
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Post by inger on Apr 25, 2021 19:19:42 GMT -5
I was wondering that too, especially when I see guys like Brooks Kriske taking up space on the 40 man roster. It’s a good point. Kriske was a higher draft pick but is about two years older. Whitlock was coming back from TJ surgery. Maybe the Yankees thought that would prevent teams from taking him in the Rule V draft? Great point! ... |
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Post by rizzuto on Apr 25, 2021 19:53:44 GMT -5
I don't know much about him except that he was in our system and picked by the Red Sox in the Rule 5 draft. I did a little reading up here. Seems Sox reliever Andriese <sp> Spent some time with Whitlock working out with him and helped him change his mindset on his changeup and he started worrying less about if his change was in the strike zone. Whitlock then made a minor change to the grip and more or less killed a bit of the spin on it that made it drop even more. It seems a lot of things in baseball come from chance meetings. Imagine Sparky Lyle if he never met the guy that taught him his slider, then imagine all the guys that Sparky taught the slider in turn... I think things like this happen more among pitchers because of the time they spend in the bullpen, but again... some one have Gio an idea or two about hitting. And I know a couple guys gave me golf tips that made me wind up out driving them by 60-80 yards. They saw my flaw, but were unable to fix their own... just like batting coaches... Okay, what was the golf tip that added 80 yards to your drive? And, is that with or without the sombrero? |
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Post by inger on Apr 25, 2021 22:04:13 GMT -5
I did a little reading up here. Seems Sox reliever Andriese <sp> Spent some time with Whitlock working out with him and helped him change his mindset on his changeup and he started worrying less about if his change was in the strike zone. Whitlock then made a minor change to the grip and more or less killed a bit of the spin on it that made it drop even more. It seems a lot of things in baseball come from chance meetings. Imagine Sparky Lyle if he never met the guy that taught him his slider, then imagine all the guys that Sparky taught the slider in turn... I think things like this happen more among pitchers because of the time they spend in the bullpen, but again... some one have Gio an idea or two about hitting. And I know a couple guys gave me golf tips that made me wind up out driving them by 60-80 yards. They saw my flaw, but were unable to fix their own... just like batting coaches... Okay, what was the golf tip that added 80 yards to your drive? And, is that with or without the sombrero? It didn’t pick up 80 yards on my drive, I was out driving them by 80 yards, which is a considerable difference. I thought I was getting my weight all the way to my front side at impact but I wasn’t. These dudes could see it, but obviously if they could fix it, they could have popped the long ones, too. So I looked at the little bit of film I had and went to the golf manuals. I also noticed that sometimes I was on my toes a bit at impact and didn’t like that. So, I started making certain my feet stayed flat throughout the swing so I’d have a more consistent impact point. And I also went against the books by not rolling on my front ankle. But the key was the drill I did in practice where I would strike the ball while shifting to my right leg, but gently raising my right (back) shoe off the ground so I couldn’t fall back on it. Shortly after I subconsciously did the drill while hitting of a Ted on a 447 yard par four. I only left 125 or so in for my wedge and the guys were yelling “what the hell was THAT” and that sort of thing. Of course my wedge shot went left of the green, but I knew I had a new weapon. Distance. It was seldom straight, but now I could drive it long on a pretty consistent basis. Started reaching more par 5’s in two, and playing more short irons and wedges into greens. I might have nudged my handicap a couple of strokes, but it was more fun... ended my “career” as a 13... my putting was seldom good, but I never treated my self to a nice putter, either. I carried one of those long putters for a short time, but that wasn’t me... all it did was allow me to drop farther from hazards, which I took as a cheat anyway... |
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Post by noetsi on Apr 25, 2021 22:23:07 GMT -5
We need to score more runs.
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Post by inger on Apr 25, 2021 22:31:25 GMT -5
We need to score more runs. I know some teams are scoring, but something seems to be shifting to a more defensive game. Maybe it’s the pitching. maybe it’s the ever more sophisticated shifting. The game feels like a slower and lower scoring sport to me... |
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Post by chiyankee on Apr 25, 2021 22:40:16 GMT -5
We need to score more runs. I know some teams are scoring, but something seems to be shifting to a more defensive game. Maybe it’s the pitching. maybe it’s the ever more sophisticated shifting. The game feels like a slower and lower scoring sport to me... Just way too many strikeouts, walks and foul balls and once teams go to the bullpens, the games get less interesting. |
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Post by kaybli on Apr 25, 2021 23:02:41 GMT -5
We need to score more runs. Last in the AL in runs. Who would have guessed that for a healthy (except Voit) team? |
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Post by inger on Apr 25, 2021 23:12:25 GMT -5
We need to score more runs. Last in the AL in runs. Who would have guessed that for a healthy (except Voit) team? Well of course. If you add Voit’s 22 from last year, we’d lead the majors... 🤓 |
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Post by kaybli on Apr 25, 2021 23:21:38 GMT -5
Last in the AL in runs. Who would have guessed that for a healthy (except Voit) team? Well of course. If you add Voit’s 22 from last year, we’d lead the majors... 🤓 LOL, you gotta prorate that for the amount of games played so far this year. |
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Post by inger on Apr 25, 2021 23:48:20 GMT -5
Well of course. If you add Voit’s 22 from last year, we’d lead the majors... 🤓 LOL, you gotta prorate that for the amount of games played so far this year. Well, darn. You think of everything... 😂 |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Apr 26, 2021 0:21:42 GMT -5
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Post by inger on Apr 26, 2021 1:40:26 GMT -5
Other than his rookie season Andujar has cut a tragic figure. “okay, guys! I’m ready, healthy, I can hit for you now”. Oh, okay. Go to the alternate site cause every body else is ahead of you. |
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