Great read on Giolito

[southsider2k5]

Much more at link, worth a read.

 

https://theathletic.com/59334/2017/05/10/wh...rything-clicks/

 

Charlotte Knights pitching coach Steve McCatty was the pitching coach for the Washington Nationals when Giolito was drafted, and compared him to Stephen Strasburg, both in personality and in unfair expectations placed on him.. While McCatty wasn’t critical of the Nationals, it was clear he’s not quite sure why Giolito was pushed up to the majors last year.

 

“I wasn’t there, I can’t say why he was taken up or anything like that,” McCatty said. “But sometimes when you’re not ready to go to the big leagues and you go there and success isn’t easy for you, it can weigh on you mentally. You put a lot of pressure on yourself and that could be a lot to do with it.”

 

 

[tray]

Giolito needs to let his performance speak for itself.

 

[Y2Jimmy0]

Giolito needs to let his performance speak for itself.

 

 

What?

[tray]

What?

Giolito would be best served by simply pitching better than he has thus far in the minor league. There isn't much more that can be said by him or by others to excuse or to explain poor performance. (0-5 7.31 ERA in the Minors).

 

[southsider2k5]

Giolito would be best served by simply pitching better than he has thus far in the minor league. There isn't much more that can be said by him or by others to excuse or to explain poor performance. (0-5 7.31 ERA in the Minors).

 

If only it were that easy.

[heirdog]

Giolito would be best served by simply pitching better than he has thus far in the minor league. There isn't much more that can be said by him or by others to excuse or to explain poor performance. (0-5 7.31 ERA in the Minors).

 

I think the point of the article is to state that his 0-5, 7.31 turning into 5-0, 2.31 is going to take a year or two and he is not a finished product. So yes, he must pitch better...but it will take time. I enjoyed the read.

[Rowand44]

Giolito would be best served by simply pitching better than he has thus far in the minor league. There isn't much more that can be said by him or by others to excuse or to explain poor performance. (0-5 7.31 ERA in the Minors).

I mean he obviously would be best served to pitch better. Are you just expecting him to become a complete ghost off the field and not talk to anyone when requested for an interview?

[Dick Allen]

Everyone can spin it anyway they like, the bottom line is the results have to get better or this guy is a bust. It is always easy to blame messing with mechanics and it takes a while to get back to the old way, but remember the old way got him a TJ surgery at a young age.

 

This stuff is still fluff until he starts pitching better.

[fathom]

Everyone can spin it anyway they like, the bottom line is the results have to get better or this guy is a bust. It is always easy to blame messing with mechanics and it takes a while to get back to the old way, but remember the old way got him a TJ surgery at a young age.

 

This stuff is still fluff until he starts pitching better.

 

Amen....situation reminds me a bit of Mark Appel

[tray]

Everyone can spin it anyway they like, the bottom line is the results have to get better or this guy is a bust. It is always easy to blame messing with mechanics and it takes a while to get back to the old way, but remember the old way got him a TJ surgery at a young age.

 

This stuff is still fluff until he starts pitching better.

 

Precisely.

[Rowand44]

All of us who are still hopeful about Gio actually don't think the results have to get any better in the next year or two. As a matter of fact, I'm just ready to call him the best pitcher in baseball already.

[caulfield12]

In fluff pieces, Gordon Beckham was one of the best hitters in baseball.

 

Maybe he'll figure it out, right now, it just seems like he has too many things going on in his head. Towel drills, which PTAC is against, downward plane, leg drive, adding a slider, fastball command/control...maybe he's thinking too much and just not going out there and throwing like when he was successful. Not to mention he has to be nervous changing ANYTHING about his mechanics and being rightfully concerned it could lead to another injury. 2nd TJ surgeries are death sentences for most pitchers. From some of those articles, he's just waiting "for things to click," almost like it's going to be some magical moment where the rest is all downhill from there. At any rate, it will be an interesting story, one way or the other. Hopefully we get the Walt Disney ending.

 

And, fwiw, this is one area where it seems the White Sox are really taking the right approach with Hansen, even if it means letting opposing runners steal with abandon while he's focusing on other areas of pitching. Get the basics squared away, then work on the secondary aspects of the game.