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202B232F2A2B307573043D252C2B2B6A272B440 wrote: If Glasnow is sent down to Indy I hope that they do not put him in the rotation.  In the BP is where he belongs and let some of the younger and guys with a better chance to be a MLB starter make up the rotation.  No way does Glasnow take any starts away from Keller when he makes the jump to AAA.


I doubt Glasnow would bump Keller from any rotation.




I'll second that one.

Good interview with Justin Meccage during the AT&T broadcast. He answered questions about the young pitchers and especially Glasnow. Meccage did stress how in Triple A hitters swing more at his pitches. So far in the majors, the hitters are sitting on pitches.



I know that is obvious to most in watching him in the majors. I've thought in the minors, hitters try too hard against him because he is a "top prospect". Everyone wants to get a hit off the best. In the majors, hitters will wait as they are more mature.

676C64686D6C773234437A626B6C6C2D606C030 wrote: Good interview with Justin Meccage during the AT&T broadcast. He answered questions about the young pitchers and especially Glasnow. Meccage did stress how in Triple A hitters swing more at his pitches. So far in the majors, the hitters are sitting on pitches.



I know that is obvious to most in watching him in the majors. I've thought in the minors, hitters try too hard against him because he is a "top prospect". Everyone wants to get a hit off the best. In the majors, hitters will wait as they are more mature.
I saw that interview. More specifically, he said minor league batters are getting themselves out on pitches MLB hitters will lay off of and then force Glasnow to to give them something they can hit. Since MLB batters can't just take 3 strikes, I took that to mean minor league hitters are too often going for the stuff out of the strike zone. At the MLB level he either walks batters or throws hittable strikes. When you see him on TV you can see the catcher having to move just to catch the strikes as Glasnow does not have enough command to hit his spots.

Yep.  That's is exactly what I was thinking that was happening in the minors.  I never saw him pitch in the minors.  I did like how Meccage said his Triple A feedback is not helping him.



Major League hitters will wait for that mistake pitch.  It's crazy to me how a hitter can capitalize on those mistakes.  I also watch the catcher's glove, especially on HR replays.    



Meccage was real high on Kingham too.

Is there something else going on too though? The difference for him is SO extreme, compared to anything we've seen before . . .

0A3834342012313835303F38590 wrote: Is there something else going on too though?  The difference for him is SO extreme, compared to anything we've seen before . . .
He also mentioned that Glasnow has a confidence problem. But I think the command issue is what prevents him from having success. I mean command of his strikes. For instance, he can get 2 strikes on a batter but then what should be a nice borderline pitch that a batter can't lay off with 2 strikes can become a strike down the middle of the plate that ends up a hit. Or he can't even get 2 strikes on a batter because nothing is close enough to the zone or what was intended as a borderline strike early in the count goes down the middle for a hit.

I really think his struggle is consistency of mechanics. His frame is so big and he is so long. He's not just 6'9" but he has really long legs and arms. In fact, his legs appear almost disproportionally long. His torso is small in comparison. Again, he is built a lot like Randy Johnson. However, it is easy to see that he is sometimes out of sync when he pitches. Then he starts going slower and overthinking things. I'm sure this is why they moved him to pitching out of the stretch exclusively. There is a lot less mechanics going on there.



I think his long legs and arms are probably what has given him the opportunity to throw so hard and be so successful in the minors. However, he is going to really need to work on mechanics, probably harder than other people. He comes from a long line of really athletic family members who have been at the top of their sports. I'm sure this is sure this is really frustrating to him when he misses his spots.

I agree that his long levers, while allowing him to have that extreme velocity are also possibly the issue with repeating the delivery.



Go to the pen. Pitch from the stretch. Get 3 outs consistently. Can he do that?