Comments on: Note: Pedro was Tipping his Pitches

By: metsfan119

metsfan119 — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:54:59 +0000

Maybe you just suck Pedro.

By: mavicario

mavicario — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:32:34 +0000

I’d just like to add, if Pedro was tipping pitches, where was the pitching coach to figure this out?

By: mavicario

mavicario — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:20:34 +0000

If it’s true that he’s tipping his pitches then it should be an easy fix for him.

I’m a huge Pedro fan and I just could not understand how the Rockies and Yankees hit him so well. His fastball was at 92-94 and his curve and changeup all looked good.

We’ve seen him dazzle in 2005 with a fastball that was 2-3mph slower. I know he’s getting old, but how could age be the problem when he’s throwing faster?

I’m optimistic that they can figure this out and make the adjustment quickly enough.

By: patrick

patrick — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:47:34 +0000

Not to mention folks the biggest thing for a guy tipping his pitches is that it allows a hitter to sit fastball.

If they see something that indicates a change up is coming they can sit back to try and be defensive and foul it off, especially with 2 strikes, the way a change up works is if you are expecting a fastball and get a change you look silly.

Pedro’s change up not only masks off the fastball but it has sick movement from side to side and down.

By: patrick

patrick — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:33:59 +0000

not every hitter says the same flaw or agrees with the flaw being seen, there are hitters that will tell you they absolutely do not want a sign relayed from a guy on second base, because if they are wrong, they begin to question the whole sequence, they have to go into an at-bat with an approach and stick with it, other guys pick up on something and insist they have it, not really that hard to distinguish a difference, plus whether he knew it was coming or not, the pitch to ARod moved like a butterfly in on his hands.

By: djsunyc

djsunyc — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:51:36 +0000

he was tipping his pitches…before he got in his windup, he gave a sign which said “here’s a pitch that used to be good a few years ago but now is very hittable b/c i’m almost done as a top of the rotation guy so have at it…”

By: 4eyeJoe

4eyeJoe — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:15:15 +0000

it was a lame excuse. he was being stubborn by constantly throwing his pitches to the outside corner of the plate, which is easy for the players to layoff. the only good pitch he made was when he throw the change up to the inside corner of the plate against arod. another thing that pissed me off was that Castro was setting up too early behind the plate.

By: garykeithron

garykeithron — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:09:44 +0000

yeah, sometimes I miss hearing Master of the Obvious McCarver for all the Mets games…..not

By: 4eyeJoe

4eyeJoe — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:08:16 +0000

listening to Buck and McCarver makes me want to bang my head against the TV so often.

By: anrst

anrst — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:04:32 +0000

if he was tipping his change by fanning the glove, than why did he K A-Rod on a change?

I’m as big a pedro loyalist as anyone, but this sounds like a lame excuse