On the broadcast tonight, they said another recent adjustment for Berrios is keeping his hands up during the windup. Wasn’t lowering and keeping his hands at his waist one of the first changes they made when they first traded for him? Probably old age messing with my memory, but seems to me that most of the recent changes to get Berrios right are just undoing all the tinkering they’ve done since acquiring him.
There's no guarantee that any of Pearson/Sausalito Summer NIght/Merryweather will perform well. They might of course, but Merryweather and Sausalito weren't exactly inspiring this year. Who knows what we'll get - if anything - from Pearson.
I think the trade for Mitch White was underrated. If he can give us 5-6 serviceable innings for his starts, then he's saved us from the horror show that was Kikuchi. That will be huge for the remainder of the season. .
Poor Kikuchi, he looks lost and it's looking like a lost season for him entirely. Two more years. Man.
I can't see having a lot of faith in Merryweather or Pearson in the leverage situation that is September. And would much rather have Pop in the pen than Kikuchi.
Well, I'm not saying anyone should have faith in these guys, but if you told me the Jays could add a couple for September/October who for stretches within the past two years have looked like genuinely elite relievers and still throw just as hard, sign me up.
Pitching is a lot about feel, and there can be physical things that get in the way of that too. But there's definitely that sentiment out there, and it certainly *feels* like it could be behind it, but completely impossible to know what's up without knowing the person. It would certainly be a somewhat easy answer if that was the case, but I'm not sure what's been going on with him will necessarily have an easy answer. The Jays do have resources to help players with the mental side of things, and have made a point of making those very available.
On the broadcast tonight, they said another recent adjustment for Berrios is keeping his hands up during the windup. Wasn’t lowering and keeping his hands at his waist one of the first changes they made when they first traded for him? Probably old age messing with my memory, but seems to me that most of the recent changes to get Berrios right are just undoing all the tinkering they’ve done since acquiring him.
I think that's right, though I'm sure there are more subtle tweaks that probably haven't been undone.
There's no guarantee that any of Pearson/Sausalito Summer NIght/Merryweather will perform well. They might of course, but Merryweather and Sausalito weren't exactly inspiring this year. Who knows what we'll get - if anything - from Pearson.
I think the trade for Mitch White was underrated. If he can give us 5-6 serviceable innings for his starts, then he's saved us from the horror show that was Kikuchi. That will be huge for the remainder of the season. .
Poor Kikuchi, he looks lost and it's looking like a lost season for him entirely. Two more years. Man.
Well, if he continues pitching like this next spring he might get Roarked by the middle of April.
I can't see having a lot of faith in Merryweather or Pearson in the leverage situation that is September. And would much rather have Pop in the pen than Kikuchi.
But what if they had different names? Still a ton to like about those profiles minus the baggage, I think.
Baggage counts
Well, I'm not saying anyone should have faith in these guys, but if you told me the Jays could add a couple for September/October who for stretches within the past two years have looked like genuinely elite relievers and still throw just as hard, sign me up.
I respectfully bow to your more insightful opinion good sir. 🙂
Pitching is a lot about feel, and there can be physical things that get in the way of that too. But there's definitely that sentiment out there, and it certainly *feels* like it could be behind it, but completely impossible to know what's up without knowing the person. It would certainly be a somewhat easy answer if that was the case, but I'm not sure what's been going on with him will necessarily have an easy answer. The Jays do have resources to help players with the mental side of things, and have made a point of making those very available.