May 9, 20178 yr I'm not freaking out about Giolito yet, his recent struggles remind me a lot of Gavin Floyd when he was coming up. A highly touted high school pitcher and first round pick that seemingly lost his confidence once he hit AAA and the MLB resulting in Phillies fans throwing in the towel on him way too early. I've tempered my expectations with Giolito and don't see him as a top line starter anymore but I think the development staff can get a Floyd-type pitcher out of him, it's just going to take some time like it did with Floyd.
May 9, 20178 yr QUOTE (ptatc @ May 9, 2017 -> 06:49 AM) Where is this mentioned? The Baseball America article I linked right above from April 14th. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/229218144/lu...beyond-results/ Merkin just wrote another...after last night. Edited May 9, 20178 yr by caulfield12
May 9, 20178 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 9, 2017 -> 01:00 PM) The Baseball America article I linked right above from April 14th. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/229218144/lu...beyond-results/ Merkin just wrote another...after last night. I see it now. I hate the towel drill for pitchers. It gets them too focused on the extension and not enough on the legs. I think it also leads to over striding. The "snap" that they typically teach with it doesn't help the elbow either. It may work for him but I'm not as encouraged with it.
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