Mega Thread MLB season 2024

[celestial]

Yep, like I saw Buehler will be closing this out.

Would have preferred yamamoto, but lets go buehler

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Would be curious though at what pitches is being taught. There is a concern of the mechanics of throwing a curveball for example is too extreme for developing players.

Higher risk of Tommy John surgeries etc.

What is his pitching tool bag or what would he like it to be ?

Played junior with Liam Hendriks, and he was training almost every day. Fastball early then curveball around 15-16.

He's permitted to throw fastballs and changeups. His primary pitch is a 4-seamer, and he's experimented with a 2-seamer. I believe sinkers and cutters would also be permitted as they are still fastballs, but he hasn't learned how to throw those pitches yet.

He's also learning a changeup, but he's not thrown it in a game just yet. In his competition, you throw something other than a fastball or a changeup, like a slider or a curve, it's called a ball. I believe that next year (when he's 14), he'll be allowed to throw a curveball.

His coach has told me that the plan is for him to throw a maximum of two innings on Sunday. I'm fully in support, because at this age, it's easy to have a 25-30 pitch inning if it goes off the rails, he's going up against a strong hitting team on Sunday, and not many pitchers at this level have the stamina to go more than two innings comfortably. Even our best pitcher was struggling with his command in his third inning of work last weekend.

We've been using a lot of Youtube videos posted by Dan Blewett on how to help him learn pitches and refine his mechanics. He hasn't quite got his mechanics to be consistently repeatable yet, but he's only been playing baseball competitively for six months, so he's come a long way already.

Interesting that you say Hendriks was training every day. My son's coaches are pretty strict on rest days after he pitches, even in training. There's a lot more awareness of trying to prevent arm injuries through overuse at the youth level, because so many young pitchers seem to injure their UCLs before they even get into professional baseball.

 

[celestial]

What a pitch

 

[largebus]

Yankees lose
Daaaaaaaaaa Yankees. Lose.

 

[JLC]

What a monumental **** up/implosion and disgrace to the stellar performance by Cole that the series did not head back to LA.

Of all the pitchers to **** up against. You let down your ace. Judge and Volpe should hang their heads in shame.

An absolute **** up of the highest order.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Congrats to Dodgers Fans !

I would say commiserations to Yankees fans but I would be lying

 

[Wickzki]

Aaron Judge is the biggest fraud in baseball.

Those fielding errors.

Congrats Dodgers.

 

[MatthewB]

 

[RPCB]

So the Dodgers can lose pretty much their entire starting rotation and are still good enough to win the World Series.

 

[FreoRicci]

What a monumental **** up/implosion and disgrace to the stellar performance by Cole that the series did not head back to LA.

Of all the pitchers to **** up against. You let down your ace. Judge and Volpe should hang their heads in shame.

An absolute **** up of the highest order.

Oh no it’s not. It’s delicious. It’s glorious.
Cole can GAGF

 

[FreoRicci]

Aaron Judge is the biggest fraud in baseball.

Those fielding errors.

Congrats Dodgers.

If Stanton isn’t the DH, Judge is.

Just too slow at CF

 

[RPCB]

Jason Heyward about to receive another ring through the mail in a few months.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Loving life right now

 

[FreoRicci]

Dodgers to do it in NY, having played in Brooklyn not even 10 kilometres away all those years ago.
That’s so satisfying.

 

[NSWCROW]

Too good


Hopefully the series gets remembered for " the one where Freddie Freeman went god-mode " and not " the one where Aaron Judge ****ed up "

 

[Planet14]

Full credit to all of the Yankees fan I'm seeing around town in their caps, stoically going about their business acting like nothing happened.

 

[Wickzki]

If Stanton isn’t the DH, Judge is.

Just too slow at CF

That error had nothing to do with being too slow and everything to do with him being a choker

But I do think they've only got room for one of Judge and Stanton going forward.

 

[celestial]

Too good


Hopefully the series gets remembered for " the one where Freddie Freeman went god-mode " and not " the one where Aaron Judge ****ed up "

You only need one moment to describe this entire series.

The moment freddie ripped the souls out of the yankees and won dodgers the series.

 

[celestial]

Think we might find out the actuall damage shohei sustained during that slide.

 

[JLC]

Loving life right now

Boston should receive some credit as your team gave up their franchise player in Betts which no doubt set your ball club back.

 

[NSWCROW]

You only need one moment to describe this entire series.

The moment freddie ripped the souls out of the yankees and won dodgers the series.

LOL even i marked out when he hit that

 

[celestial]

LOL even i marked out when he hit that

It is surreal.
The stance
The swing
The connection
The Statue of liberty pose against the yankees

Will be tough to find better iconic moments in world series history.

 

[celestial]

If the mets get soto, you would have to have them as one of the favourites to come out of the NL next year.

 

[FreoRicci]

He's permitted to throw fastballs and changeups. His primary pitch is a 4-seamer, and he's experimented with a 2-seamer. I believe sinkers and cutters would also be permitted as they are still fastballs, but he hasn't learned how to throw those pitches yet.

He's also learning a changeup, but he's not thrown it in a game just yet. In his competition, you throw something other than a fastball or a changeup, like a slider or a curve, it's called a ball. I believe that next year (when he's 14), he'll be allowed to throw a curveball.

His coach has told me that the plan is for him to throw a maximum of two innings on Sunday. I'm fully in support, because at this age, it's easy to have a 25-30 pitch inning if it goes off the rails, he's going up against a strong hitting team on Sunday, and not many pitchers at this level have the stamina to go more than two innings comfortably. Even our best pitcher was struggling with his command in his third inning of work last weekend.

We've been using a lot of Youtube videos posted by Dan Blewett on how to help him learn pitches and refine his mechanics. He hasn't quite got his mechanics to be consistently repeatable yet, but he's only been playing baseball competitively for six months, so he's come a long way already.

Interesting that you say Hendriks was training every day. My son's coaches are pretty strict on rest days after he pitches, even in training. There's a lot more awareness of trying to prevent arm injuries through overuse at the youth level, because so many young pitchers seem to injure their UCLs before they even get into professional baseball.

Really interesting with the change up added in with fastball. That takes a lot of practice and finessing with the fingers/elbow. Wasn’t even a thing 20 years ago. It was either the curveball or 4 seam. Sinkers were just too hard to master. But now it’s expected.

Curveball or sliders are the culprit to modern day pitchers. Just so much momentum for the arms.
It’s no secret de Grom is always injured with his drastic differences in speed and velocity.

Hendriks had a private coach. Pretty intensive. He would train on his own while the team was doing outfield work etc. Really got teased for being a loner. But hey, have to be dedicated and sacrifice to make it, particularly in baseball.
It’s an interesting one with rest v play. Trevor Bauer on YouTube said he would do long toss at 100% every day to train durability and consistency. It certainly was the case 20 years ago. Train through the sore arms etc. Repetitions v rest.

I wouldn’t be too concerned with velocity just yet but more placement and control. Once he develops that reliability, then should train for increase over time.

 

[Upstart Swan]

Full credit to all of the Yankees fan I'm seeing around town in their caps, stoically going about their business acting like nothing happened.

I was in line at the checkout at the supermarket last week and the guy in front of me had his Yankees cap on. I said he must be pretty excited about the Yankees. Obviously he had no idea what I was talking about.