One thing I got to thinking about was if Trevino starts keeping glove high on heaters, whether that might tip pitches a bit more. Now, catchers have set a target since pitching began, so that's not inherently new. But I wonder if he does a glove drop most of the time but doesn't on high heaters, hitters (or more likely base runners) could pick up on that. Of course, even if you know Cole is throwing a high fastball, good luck hitting it, so it probably doesn't matter.
I was going to rave again about this week's post even BEFORE I got a shout-out!
Noah this is awesome stuff, as ever.
Something I've been curious about when it relates to the pitch clock this year is that young pitchers have been dealing with this for nearly a decade now coming up through the minors.
To what extent is a tick/foible like Martinez' delivery exploitable in the majors because advance scouting in the lower levels isn't comprehensive enough to condition that out of him? Are teams just concerned about developing major league quality players first and worrying about major league "ready" players after?
Very fun thanks. Watching the in-season adjustments to the momentum lead will be interesting
Great stuff as always.
One thing I got to thinking about was if Trevino starts keeping glove high on heaters, whether that might tip pitches a bit more. Now, catchers have set a target since pitching began, so that's not inherently new. But I wonder if he does a glove drop most of the time but doesn't on high heaters, hitters (or more likely base runners) could pick up on that. Of course, even if you know Cole is throwing a high fastball, good luck hitting it, so it probably doesn't matter.
I was going to rave again about this week's post even BEFORE I got a shout-out!
Noah this is awesome stuff, as ever.
Something I've been curious about when it relates to the pitch clock this year is that young pitchers have been dealing with this for nearly a decade now coming up through the minors.
To what extent is a tick/foible like Martinez' delivery exploitable in the majors because advance scouting in the lower levels isn't comprehensive enough to condition that out of him? Are teams just concerned about developing major league quality players first and worrying about major league "ready" players after?