2026 ST Thread

I think we are all forgetting that we have a new pitching coaching staff. They are likely having a major impact on how the pitchers are preparing for the season.

I know patience is hard, but rushing to judgement after one, or even two abbreviated ST appearances is likely jumping the gun a little.
 
Enscheff said:
We will see how posiBrave you are in about 2 months. I have this post bookmarked.

It's great he's "ramped up" to 95.2, which is still lower than his average 2025 velocity when he posted a pedestrian 4.45 ERA and 9.41 K/9.

I've never wanted to be wrong more.
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I think people are forgetting how even in his prime years when Strider went from throwing 98-99 to 96-97 towards the end of the year/in the playoffs it was enough to make him extremely hittable.

Hopefully he's learned to pitch and improved the secondary stuff since then, or found ways to get more movement.
 
DirkPiggler said:
I think people are forgetting how even in his prime years when Strider went from throwing 98-99 to 96-97 towards the end of the year/in the playoffs it was enough to make him extremely hittable.

Hopefully he's learned to pitch and improved the secondary stuff since then, or found ways to get more movement.
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It happened last year too. He was regularly hitting 97 and touching 98 from mid June to early August. After the Mets start in August, he rarely registered anything higher than 96 and sat 94-95 through the end of the season
 
mfree80 said:
I think we are all forgetting that we have a new pitching coaching staff. They are likely having a major impact on how the pitchers are preparing for the season.

I know patience is hard, but rushing to judgement after one, or even two abbreviated ST appearances is likely jumping the gun a little.
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My impatience is still just ramping up, just you wait until it’s fully here.
 
DirkPiggler said:
I think people are forgetting how even in his prime years when Strider went from throwing 98-99 to 96-97 towards the end of the year/in the playoffs it was enough to make him extremely hittable.

Hopefully he's learned to pitch and improved the secondary stuff since then, or found ways to get more movement.
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You are 100% correct. Strider has shown quite often that he isn’t very good if he isn’t in the upper 90s.

That’s why there’s so much focus on his velocity almost 2 years after his surgery. How much longer are people going to say he’s recovering or rehabbing or ramping up?
 
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