“It's a slider,” Painter said. “It’s the same pitch, same grip, just a different thought process. One of them, the slower one, is for a strike most of the time. When I get to two strikes, it's the same grip, but I'm just thinking to go gloveside away to a righty and...
Chatwood (1-0), who missed the first two weeks of the season with a left hamstring strain, allowed one unearned run on two hits in his second start of the season and first at home. Chatwood struck out six and walked one, pitching aggressively with the benefit of a big early lead. "...
He was able to change speeds with his fastball, his change-up was effective and both his breaking pitches (a curveball and a cut fastball) had bite.Perhaps most importantly, Lee aggressively pursued a lineup that can grind out at-bats and force pitchers to labor early in games. Despite ...
The second scenario is that the Phillies battle other teams aggressively to sign Machado...and lose. The Phillies will not be the only team going after the likes of Machado and Harper. The Yankees probably will go after one of the two stars (or both?) and there are plenty of teams losi...