August 20, 2008
Taking a Sabathia
Ian Snell watched CC Sabathia on his iPhone and changed his pitching style. The result was a gem against the Cardinals. However, I wonder if it simply wasn't that Snell had become predictable. Reversing when he usually throws his fastball and slider would make guessing on a pitch more difficult. Maybe the pitch F/X mavens can comment on this?
Posted by David Pinto at
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I think it was more of a case of the cardinals batters going into the game overly cocky. They were taking terrible at bats, swinging at pitches way out of the zone; had they worked the count against snell, they could have had him out of the game in an inning or two. They just didn't take him seriously and played poorly.
