Ugh
It was painful watching Jeff Weaver pitch tonight. He threw so many belt-high pitches over the middle of the plate it was a miracle he lasted as long as he did. It would be like if you or I were forced to pitch and we somehow lasted a few innings thanks to hitters whiffing on softball pitches.
Seriously, he is pitching like a poor-mans Ryan Franklin. He is pitching to contact- he has no movement to miss bats, and his fastball can't break 90. He looks like a bad AA ball pitcher right now.
It will be interesting to see if he can somehow turn it around. I can't remember seeing a pitcher magically find their stuff in quite the way Weaver has to- he needs 3-4 mph, command and movement in 2 months or he's out of a job.
If he continues to pitch like he does tonight, he'll be gone long before the All Star break. He will have a hard time getting his ERA under ten.
Tonight was really that bad.
He was dreadful, and still lowered his ERA.
Ouch.
It was painful watching Jeff Weaver pitch tonight. He threw so many belt-high pitches over the middle of the plate it was a miracle he lasted as long as he did. It would be like if you or I were forced to pitch and we somehow lasted a few innings thanks to hitters whiffing on softball pitches.
Seriously, he is pitching like a poor-mans Ryan Franklin. He is pitching to contact- he has no movement to miss bats, and his fastball can't break 90. He looks like a bad AA ball pitcher right now.
It will be interesting to see if he can somehow turn it around. I can't remember seeing a pitcher magically find their stuff in quite the way Weaver has to- he needs 3-4 mph, command and movement in 2 months or he's out of a job.
If he continues to pitch like he does tonight, he'll be gone long before the All Star break. He will have a hard time getting his ERA under ten.
Tonight was really that bad.
He was dreadful, and still lowered his ERA.
Ouch.
posted by Tom at
9:59 PM
