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MadduxFanII
Swallowed by Mark Bowman
That's kind of the thing with Puk- when he came back from his brief suspension last year, he was basically a cyborg death machine and no one could touch him. You're never quite sure if he's about to rip off some insane five-game stretch where he strikes out 50 in 35 innings with an ERA of about 1 or if he's going to struggle to get out of the fourth against Kentucky.
For what it's worth, apparently Florida's coach told Puk before a start a couple weeks ago to stop trying to pace himself and just throw his fastball as hard as he can, and the results have been better ever since.
For what it's worth, apparently Florida's coach told Puk before a start a couple weeks ago to stop trying to pace himself and just throw his fastball as hard as he can, and the results have been better ever since.
That's terrible coaching advice though. May be working in the short term but that kind of coaching advice has no care for the kid's arm in the long run.
Unit said when he was younger he was wild and throwing it as hard as he could. I forgot who he credited with teaching him how to control his heat
Horsehide Harry
<B>Mr. Free Trade</B>
These things change from day to day and will for me and most everyone (including the experts) many, many times before draft day but right now I'm hopeful for Lewis at 3, then I hope William Benson falls to 40 and that Avery Tuck is available at 44. The biggest stretch there is Benson falling to 40 with most draft projections having him in the 20 range right now. But, stranger things have happened.
bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
I see no way that Benson can fall that far.. only hope would be he falls enough that his slot value is lower than he wants and a team like the Braves save a little on #3 and can over slot at 40.. But I still think we will miss him.
bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
praeceps93
Roaming in Rome
I don't see that as an unlikely outcome, though. As long as he doesn't shoot up the boards, the range he's currently projected at is prime territory for a HS guy to drop if he thinks he's worth more than his slot value.
Nolan Ryan. He worked with Nolan at the end of one of the early 90s seasons (92 I think) and Nolan had him change how he was finishing his delivery, which allowed him to have more control. He blew up at the end of that same season.
There was another guy, a pitching coach. He mentioned him in his HOF speech. Might have been Mel Stottemyre. Not sure.
Gotcha. Joe Kerrigan maybe, was his minor league pitching coach in AA and AAA.
I doubt it was a minor-league coach. He didn't really turn things around until his 6th year in the majors.
That part was Nolan Ryan, like I was saying. At the end of the 92 season he worked with Ryan and changed his delivery a bit so he finished in a different spot, which allowed him better control. It's why he went from 6.16 BB/9 in 92 to 3.49 BB/9 in 1993. But it sounded more like Don was talking about a general shout out during his HOF speech, so that could have been developmental. Even though he was still wild during his early pro career, he was even worse in the minors. In the minors they actually had him throw simulated games with a dummy in the batters box, because nobody wanted to be in the batters box he was so wild. Apparently said dummy was destroyed at the end of the minor league season.
Gotcha.
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