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Riaaaaaa
His splitter was nasty, but Im suprised he only threw it once? He used his curveball more often than he should have IMO
Zack Sheffield
Yeah, I was excited to see the splitter, and that one example of it was pretty darned nasty. That said, it’s the first two innings of spring training so it’s not surprising that he wanted to work on some of his other pitches more. Pitch selection in spring training, particularly early spring training, is utterly meaningless – veterans have been known to go through at-bats throwing nothing but changeups, for instance, if that’s the pitch they want to work on that day.
baseballbeisbol
I found his command to be the most impressive aspect from those 2 innings. He looked solid and I’m sure we’ll see more of the arsenal the further we go into spring. The splitter is an exceptionally high stress pitch on the elbow, so he’s probably been instructed to be conservative with it.
LazerTown
It’s ST, doesn’t really matter if they win. Is all about getting ready, is better if he isn’t throwing his best pitch. It means he is trying to work on improving. ST great opp be in game situation vs mlbers but with no matter of win or lose.
Lefty_Orioles_Fan
It’s funny, I tuned in to watch Tanaka and I didn’t see much since he started later in the game. However, I did watch Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez and he has some work to do.
His control is not all that great, he got out of trouble and maybe Asche (at least I think it was Asche) should have gotten to that ground ball that Ichiro hit. He had a decent splitter, but his catcher (Ruff?) couldn’t handle it. Anway, looks like Tanaka was half decent and as Michael and Ken pointed out Tanaka has 7 pitches. That’s a lot.
Oh and Gonzalez never broke 90 mph from what I saw. Most pitches were between 86 and 89.
Tko11
Yeah the reports on Gonzalez that I’ve been hearing are not good at all. Especially regarding his command. Pretty sure Ruff is an outfielder not catcher?
Lefty_Orioles_Fan
My problem was I couldn’t hear so good and since my TV wasn’t HD clear (=P) I though it was two F’s. Must be getting old, so I looked it up and the catcher was Cameron Rupp
Which sounded and looked like Ruff
Tigers72
Maybe Ruiz.