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What the hell does throwing a changeup have to do with throwing less strikes?
I am suggesting the possibility that the time he took to develop a new pitch caused the refinement of his existing arsenal to suffer. Is that hard to follow? How do you do on standardized tests? Am I right? I don't know, but I didn't think he needed to develop a changeup when he was just starting to dominate league batters. If the league had already adjusted to his stuff and the new changeup hasn't kept him ahead of those batting adjustments, then maybe he is just an average pitcher. IMO, he needs to go back to throwing strikes like he did last year. Batters haven't stopped swinging at his borderline pitches. Last year, he got lots of called third strikes. In the Yankee game that he lost in September (despite having pitched beautifully), it's my recollection that most of his k's were looking.
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I am suggesting the possibility that the time he took to develop a new pitch caused the refinement of his existing arsenal to suffer. Is that hard to follow? How do you do on standardized tests? Am I right? I don't know' date=' but I didn't think he needed to develop a changeup when he was just starting to dominate league batters. If the league had already adjusted to his stuff and the new changeup hasn't kept him ahead of those batting adjustments, then maybe he is just an average pitcher. IMO, he needs to go back to throwing strikes like he did last year. Batters haven't stopped swinging at his borderline pitches. Last year, he got lots of called third strikes. In the Yankee game that he lost in September (despite having pitched beautifully), it's my recollection that most of his k's were looking.[/quote']

 

 

No need for the snark, dude.

 

His arsenal is fine, he's hitting 93-95 on his fastball, and he's thrown four changeups all game.

 

I personally think the workload from last year is catching up to him, it's taking him longer to get on a roll.

 

I think he'll improve during the summer months.

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He cant there's 2 outs....

 

so you owe me 20 bucks ..lol

 

Twas a joke, referencing the multiple times I said that last night

a700hitter Cooperstown

a700hitter

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No need for the snark, dude.

 

His arsenal is fine, he's hitting 93-95 on his fastball, and he's thrown four changeups all game.

 

I personally think the workload from last year is catching up to him, it's taking him longer to get on a roll.

 

I think he'll improve during the summer months.

You're right. No need for snark. Bad cold and fatigue got the best of me. We agree that Lester has been sucking and they need him to pitch like a top of rotation guy.
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What was the program you guys were talking about DVRing tonight?

 

Lost, don't bother, the show sucks

 

Bailey can make things interesting here...

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as bad as Lester's been tonight' date=' he made Shoppach look really stupid there[/quote']

 

Returning the favor, no doubt.

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