Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 24, 2006
Better Quality

It seems that the problem with the Pittsburgh starting staff was that the coaches were talking too much:

"There was a lot we were throwing at them," Colborn said. "We were using different vocabulary than they had heard before, talking about taking different approaches toward hitters; (manager Jim) Tracy had a different philosophy for them to learn, and I was trying to make their deliveries more effective.

"What happened was, to their credit, they tried to absorb everything. The problem that came was them forgetting who they were."

The article includes a chart that shows improvement, but we'll see how long that lasts. Apart from Perez, the staff just doesn't strikeout batters. They rank 11th in the NL in K per 9 among starters and last in starter's ERA.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:05 AM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
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