My Thoughts On This Year's Tigers
By Denny McLain
Please someone please tell me where this "front office" of the Tigers was this past winter...again, where the hell is the pitching?
Do they not know what we know, or on the other hand, is the issue perspective players don't want what the Tigers are offering?
Did no one see what we all saw last year? Relying on the same ole, same ole guys wont get it done folks, I know one game does not make a season and I am underlining that but folks, did you see anything good in last nights season opener?
A few new names stood out but no players who will make a difference and that spells some bad baseball coming up again this year.
Justin Verlander? He has mechanic issues, Justin has to learn and I am sure he will sooner or later that you don’t have to throw 97 MPH fastballs all the time, big league hitters have the ability to whack those, as demonstrated again last night’s season opener in Toronto.
Justin needs to think positioning of his pitches, keeping the ball down and strikes, getting behind the hitters is a disaster and one line of advice, Justin, your mechanics are all messed up.
Remember all pitching starts with the head, in more ways than one: in other words, just like a golfer, if you move that head you'll hit a lot of ugly shots, as a pitcher, if you move that head, you have not got a chance to throw good strikes, throwing good strikes would be only be by chance, not be design.
Stop the nonsense of throwing change-ups when you are ahead of the hitters, why give a guy a chance to hit your "not best pitch" when you're ahead of that hitter?
Concentrate on that head, you will be surprised how many strikes you can throw and sooner than later with your stuff, it will make ya start pitching smarter, you will be using fewer pitches.
Food for bad thought:
If Justin does not win 15-18 games...who will? OH OH?
