4. Wilkelman Gonzalez, RHP, Red Sox Team: High-A Greenville (South Atlantic) Age: 21
Why He’s Here: 1-0, 1.80, 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 10 SO, 1 HR
The Scoop: Gonzalez’s April was rough. Of this, there can be no doubt. Since then, however, the righthander has turned it on. From May 1 on, Gonzalez’s numbers look like this: 5-0, 2.89 with 73 strikeouts and 21 walks in 43.2 innings. In other words, more than 55% of the outs he’s recorded in his last nine starts have come on strikes. Quietly, Boston’s system is starting to bear fruit. (JN)
Is that a splitter or a change up on second 20 of the clip. With that arm angle to LHB, that's going to get a ton of swing and misses.
“It’s kind of a changeup but not really,” he said about his new pitch. “Last year, when I started playing catch, I knew my changeup was definitely my worst pitch. So I went to one of our pitching coordinators and our analytics guys. I was like, ‘Hey, what do you all think about changing it to the (Kevin) Gausman split-change?’”
The Red Sox staff, including director of pitching development Shawn Haviland, agreed to try it.
“Before I even started throwing last year, I had a ball in my hand getting used to the grip just standing there watching other guys throw while I was not able to,” he said. “I had a ball and I was kind of getting used to that grip. So I think that kind of helped. And I watched some YouTube videos and just watched how he (Gausman) threw it.” ......
Last Edit: Jun 15, 2023 20:54:27 GMT -5 by RedSoxStats
Post by RedSoxStats on Jun 15, 2023 19:53:14 GMT -5
14. Red Sox: Colin Houck, SS, Parkview HS, Lilburn, Ga. (No. 14)
It looks like a high school bat for the fourth straight first round for the Red Sox, who could continue that trend with Houck, Miller, Mitchell or Emerson. Bradfield and Arizona outfielder Chase Davis, who has helium, are two college options.
Post by RedSoxStats on Jun 10, 2023 15:59:39 GMT -5
Not sure if it's an anomaly or something new, but Drohan changed his cutter today, and it's now acting more like a slider with 10" more drop than his cutter had.
He also just threw a 91 mph sinker over the heart of the plate to a LHH in a full count and it was taken out like a bazooka.