Sports on Earth discusses how a blister infection of Ubaldo Jimemez’s thumb ruined his mechanics. Jimenez and the new Indians field regime has been working this winter on getting his flow back:

Jimenez’s aura of invincibility had been shattered. He needed to regain it.

The goal would be to make Jimenez stop thinking too much when he was on the mound. It sounded like a cliché, but it was true.

Callaway asked Jimenez to remember everything about that 2010 season: the meals he ate, the routines he had, the games when he dominated. Jimenez recalled that during that year he would throw two bullpen sessions in between starts. During the bullpen immediately following his start, Jimenez would throw for a long time. During the bullpen just prior to his start, Jimenez would only throw for a short time. It was a balance that kept his arm and his mechanics in good shape.

So far tonight, Ubaldo walked two and struck out five in five innings, allowing one run. The Indians will take those ratios.