southsider2k5 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/extra-...danks-white-sox Not satisfied with the location of his pitches, John Danks headed to the bullpen three times in between Saturday’s start and his previous one. What he and pitching coach Don Cooper accomplished since last Sunday has Danks thinking he’ll make two more bullpen session before his next outing. Danks allowed three hits and walked none in eight scoreless innings only to see the bullpen give away a three-run lead as the White Sox lost, 4-3, to the New York Yankees in 10 innings. It was the first time in 10 starts this season Danks had allowed no runs nor had he issued a walk. “Coop and I worked a lot on the side this week,” Danks said. “Doing some more mechanical stuff. Noticed some stuff and felt good, I felt like I was able to throw the ball where I wanted to and get some weak contact.” Danks isn’t the only one who noticed. He retired the first seven batters he faced and didn’t give up a hit until Mark Teixeira doubled with two outs in the fourth inning. From there he set down 12 in row before getting out of a minor jam with two outs in the eighth inning. [MORE: White Sox bullpen falters in loss to Yankees] Of the 28 batters he faced, Danks only went to a three-ball count three times, including none of the last 23 hitters. He needed only 104 pitches to complete eight innings. “He was fantastic,” White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. “I thought he was jumping ahead. He had a great changeup working. Curveball, he was able to locate. I think when he's able to do that he becomes tough. He's keeping everybody off-balance, and that's what he did today of just watching him throw.” The biggest key might have been Danks’ fastball. He threw 38 of 55 two- and four-seam fastballs for strikes against the Yankees, good for 69 percent of his pitches, per brooksbaseball.net. In his previous nine starts, Danks had thrown strikes on 266 of 336 fastballs (61 percent). With a day off Thursday, Danks won’t be scheduled to pitch again until Friday against the San Diego Padres. He likes the progress he and Cooper made and expects he’ll be back in the ‘pen on Tuesday and Wednesday for more, though with perhaps less of a pitch count. “This last week it was probably 30 or 40 (pitches per), but we were working on mechanical stuff and trying to get comfortable with it,” Danks said. “This time will be less than, surely, but we’re going to continue to work. We’re not quite there yet.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy the Clown Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 He should try to figure out how to break 90, and then pass the secret on to EJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 QUOTE (Andy the Clown @ May 24, 2014 -> 07:38 PM) He should try to figure out how to break 90, and then pass the secret on to EJ. According to the gun at the park today he broke 90 a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 24, 2014 -> 07:03 PM) According to the gun at the park today he broke 90 a lot. Then Betances must have been at 97-99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 QUOTE (Andy the Clown @ May 24, 2014 -> 07:38 PM) He should try to figure out how to break 90, and then pass the secret on to EJ. He probably never will gain much more. The shoulder capsule shouldn't stretch out any more so he won't gain velocity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 25, 2014 Author Share Posted May 25, 2014 MLB Stat of the Day @MLBStatoftheDay 1h John Danks is first @whitesox since 1914 to have winless outing featuring at least 8 scoreless IP, 0 walks and no more than 3 hits allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Blixton Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 25, 2014 -> 08:36 AM) MLB Stat of the Day @MLBStatoftheDay 1h John Danks is first @whitesox since 1914 to have winless outing featuring at least 8 scoreless IP, 0 walks and no more than 3 hits allowed. He got Samardzija'd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian26 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/extra-...danks-white-sox I'd be happier to see him continue to try to throw strikes, grab first pitch strikes, stay in the zone, quit wasting pitches and generally throw less pitches. In the start before this last one, it seemed like he was 3-2 on every single batter. You just can't do that. If he's got an 0-2 count on someone, you can almost guarantee the next two pitches are waste pitches 18 inches off the plate. Throw strikes, make the batters swing the bat, keep them honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabiness42 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 OK, I went to the game Saturday and I'm just now feeling up to posting again. A Sox loss hasn't hurt me this bad since the 1993 ALCS. Danks was so awesome and to have it all fall apart like that in the 9th inning with all those Yankees fans there really, really stung. I don't even know if I can watch on TV anytime Belisario is in the game from now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Scott Merkin @scottmerkin 1m Danks slightly lowered his arm angle and that has seemed to make an enormous difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 17, 2014 -> 09:33 PM) Scott Merkin @scottmerkin 1m Danks slightly lowered his arm angle and that has seemed to make an enormous difference That makes the ball move differently. It'll run in on the hands of a RH more. It will be interesting if he can adjust once the hitters have seen it a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 17, 2014 -> 10:21 PM) That makes the ball move differently. It'll run in on the hands of a RH more. It will be interesting if he can adjust once the hitters have seen it a few times. What I have seen has move more towards the left handed batters box than the right. It has looked like Buehrle's change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 17, 2014 -> 10:29 PM) What I have seen has move more towards the left handed batters box than the right. It has looked like Buehrle's change. That is feasible especially if he turns it over a bit. The lowered arm angle will take the ball more side to side instead of up and down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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