Castillo has best change up in MLB

[*bengalfan74*]

(02-22-2020, 07:24 AM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: That's kind of the root of when I ragged on Castillo in the past for being a chicken shit pitcher. He takes himself out of games by constantly throwing his change up out of the strike zone. He runs up his pitch count and his walks because he nibbles too much when he would probably still fool them if he threw it for a strike.

Dude.

Luis.

La Peidra.

You have the best change up in baseball. You don't need to make them chase EVERY pitch. Throw it for a strike more often . . . especially when the batter has a 3-1, 3-2 count and you'll see more 7th and 8th innings of ball games.

Agree

Early in the season up to about All Star break Castillo got away with pitching out of the zone way more than he ever should have. He had a ton of swings at balls out of zone, many way out. And he fell in love with that pitching style, It came back to bite him. Batters started figuring out they could just leave bat on shoulder and get a walk. Castillo was 7th in MLB with 79 walks.

I sure hope the pitching coach helps him figure out when to spot those pitches out of zone.