As we lament Luis Severino's first bad start, let's celebrate the good news about Domingo Acevedo. So, Domingo was named pitcher of the year and a league that is full of college players. Kiley McDaniel said that Acevedo was old for league and only had two pitches thus his future is in the pen. I disagree with both points. Acevedo was 21 years old all year and was in a college league where the college juniors who have been drafted are generally 21, and the seniors are older. So I don't think he's old for league at all. And though his fastball - which topped out at 103 this season in games - is plus, his changeup is why they signed him originally and his breaking ball is coming along. He's got some time, and he came to pitching late and is a really tall guy, and they need to be given time. Of course, I'm not responsible for nearly as many prospect opinions as Kiley, Badler or Law, but that's the way I see Domingo Acevedo. He'll turn 22 in ST next year and if he make it to High A, he'll be league average and if he makes it to AA he'll be a bit precocious.
So, I'm most concerned about locking down a third pitch, but he's got time and teachers.
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The change, not the split, should be the pitch that every pitcher who comes into the organization at any level must either learn or be able to throw because it plays up the FB and there aren't the injury risk issues that the split likely carries. Mix in a curve or a slider, and you are well-armed, so to speak.
The Split is a great pitch, too. And the finger split in the split is slight. The forkball is the one where you really split your fingers.
Agreed. Haven't the Rays made a living off developing the change?
Yes, but you do need three pitches.
As you alluded to you on the other thread, I think the split does correlate with elbow injuries.
If they weren't going to play Refs they should have left him in the minors. Some are saying, there must be a reason as to why they arent playing him. But my first sentence of this paragraph address is that
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There have been just as many pitching injuries when not teaching the split as there when when it's taught. Probably not for evryone, but no pitch is and organizations should have ways of sorting out their pitchers.
I would definitely like to see research on that. In any case, I think the split is the pitch to feature after the fastball and then move onto a breaking ball
CHANGE not split
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They teach the split to all starters. And it's probably too soon in the Patterson era to judge how that's going. Severino has a good one, for example, and so does Acevedo. Many of the other top pitchers are injured.
Ugh, they teach the CHANGE to all starters..
I was following the box on my phone so I didn't see it:
• There was some confusion last night about what exactly happened to Luis Severino’s right calf, which was wrapped following last night’s game. Severino seemed to indicate he’d hurt himself at home and said it definitely didn’t happen when he stumbled on the mound, but Girardi said he’s confused as well and think it’s might have happened on the stumble. “I’m still not sure what happened,” Girardi said. “He said he felt that it was bruised, it hurt to touch. It didn’t hurt to walk or anything. It might have been when he tripped. I’m going to have to watch the tape, that first inning when he tripped because it wasn’t a ground ball that hit him or anything so it’s gotta be in that first inning when he fell. Maybe he hit his spike on his leg and that’s what happened.”
ugh. Calf injuries.
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