Yanks: Shane Greene is Awesome
posted by Kalel9 @ 1:04 PM
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Thursday, August 07, 2014
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So as I said on the other thread, Robertson did today what he has always done. The idea that being a closer is different is media newspeak.
Shame showed that it is easy being Greene.
I disagree with you on the closer mentality. I feel that not everyone can handle it, and will stick by that comment. Over the years (been seriously following Baseball since 1967) I have seen quite a few guys freak out in closer opportunities, and were unable to handle it. This, in spite of the fact that they were decent set-up types.
It's a made up situation. Three outs are three outs. People have had bad luck, sure like Calvin Shiraldi and whoever, but over time that would have stabilized.
What's more, Robertson had been the closer of Alabama, and had closed games when Mo couldn't without incident.
He wasn't going to magically get the yips because he had to close full time.
Now this is either going to cost us more money or a great pitcher.
Shane was awesome today. Anytime a starter enters the 9th at approximately 97 pitches, in spite of 3 walks, you know he is doing his job, and doing it well.
It is a very small sample size, but it would be awesome if he became the next high-level Yankee starter from the Minors. And he wasn't even considered a top-rated prospect.
I recall seeing him in 2010 in Staten island (Richmond Bank Ballpark is a wonderful venue to see a game). Threw hard, but seemingly had no command, or control. Something clicked in 2013 in Tampa and Trenton. When I saw him last year in Trenton, he was a different pitcher. That's when I first started getting excited.
One can make the case that he pitched better then either McCarthy or Capuano did against the Tigers, and both those guys were brilliant.
Disclaimer: It is still very early to anoint him as anything yet. But the results so far are very promising.
Guys who "freak out" in closer situations aren't that good anyway. It's not the role, it's the pitcher.
Greene is really encouraging.
What's not encouraging about it is that it took him so long to get his control squared away.
For the past 4 or 5 years they've had trouble teaching fastball control in the minors.
Some coaches got promoted then left, and suddenly no one could throw strikes.,
Bryan Mitchell is similar in that he's got top of the rotation stuff, but has had trouble with his control to the point where he sometimes tries to take something off and gets hit.
I thought he might start tomorrow but they have him going for Scranton later.
If Green or Mitchell became a solid start it would be terrific, if both did, it would be fantastic. Because the stuff is there with both of them.
Beyond coaching, all the Yankees have to do to jump start their ability to be better at development is regress to the mean. That should happen as long as players are given an opportunity, and with their sunk costs, that almost has to happen.
The development changes they made last winter seem to be working out. And that's why we're seeing development and so many promotions, though Mason Williams, Cito Culver and Angelo Gumbs are still stalled.
I think Mitchell throws harder then Green . I guess Green just learning to trust his stuff.
Mitchell can hit 98, but Greene has been as high as 97. So, it's less than the jnd.
Why is Mitchell being pulled from his start tonight, and joining the Yankees? Long relief availability?
Why not just start him instead of Rogers?
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