Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 29, 2008
Fast Laps

Bronson Arroyo started swimming to help his pitching:

In an effort to stop getting hit so much, Bronson Arroyo hit the pool.

Arroyo worked six solid innings, his best start of the year, in the Cincinnati Reds' 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night. He believes adding a morning swim to his routine has restored the zip to his fastball.

"I'm just trying to change my body up," Arroyo said. "I've been doing the same stuff for years and sometimes you get kind of in a rut and you feel like you can't throw the ball.

"It just wasn't jumping out of my hand for a while, so I'm trying something different and it seems to be working."

A nice bit of outside the box thinking by Bronson. He's been hit hard this season, but only allowed six hits and one home run last night.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:49 AM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
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Arroyo also had about 10 pitches out of the strike zone called strikes. That probably helped him more.

Posted by: SleepyCA at April 29, 2008 02:22 PM
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