Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

It is funny how the smallest things in the game of baseball can make the biggest difference. Currently I am working on throwing my fastball consistently more down in the strike zone. Some may say, “well duh, isn’t that what you always do?” Well what looks like ‘down’ to most people is not ‘down’ to a pitcher. ‘Down’ to a normal eye is what you see on Sportscenter followed by the distance the ball traveled. However, to a pitcher ‘down’ is the good old ground ball to the second baseman which helps me throw those 6-7 innings a game (which I haven’t yet but my teammates have). Since I don’t want to end up being that guy on the highlight spinning around to watch the ball, I am trying to throw the ball a little lower for now. Also since the typical pitcher throws his fastball around seventy percent of the time one would would assume that it would be pretty important to make sure that when it is thrown, there is a great chance it will not leave the yard. Just to let you know the amount of space we are dealing with here, the difference between the ‘downs’ is about 4-7 inches. Yes, that’s all. Trust me, none of this is easy, if it was I wouldn’t be writing about it describing how critical all this is. No worries for now though, I have everything under control, and if you don’t see me on the highlight reel, well consider it a good thing.