Re: Jeff Weaver?????
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AI_Franchise03 said:
I don't consider Armando to have great stuff. Just because you have a high 90's fastball, doesn't qualify as "great stuff". At least not in my opinion. Does he even have any breaking balls? I could sworn all he thows is the fastball, and on ocassions the changeup.
Anyways, watching Weaver pitch this season, he had couple of problems that could be taken care of. He ussually gets killed and majority of his HRS come off the hanging curve. He's been advised to keep away from it because most of the times he keeps it up instead of low. All he needs to do, is keep the ball down at all cost, but I guess that advice is given to all pitchers. His attitude on the mound needs to change ASAP. That's the first thing he needs to do to have any success. Everytime he gives up a hit, it's like he just gave up a homer. He fumes at the mound everytime a grounder goes through the IF. What he needs to do is tip his cap to that batter, and go after the next hitter, because most of times he is so angry, he hangs a pitch to the next batter, and boom, it's gone. Same idea if there is an error made on the behalf of his teammates.
Also, it's been sayed that whenever he is about to throw one of his pitches(changeup), he slows down or does something differently than as opposed when he throws the fastball. The hitters pick that up right away.
And lastly, if he gets into a jam, expect to see some runs put up on the board, because he looses his cool and tries to overpower the hitter, which in the end never works.
And I can recall at least one great game from him in a batters park, which was in Fenway, when Hammond gave up the 3-run homer to Varitek, to tie the game. Of course, Weaver's emotions were running high in the dugout after that homerun.
Jeff Weaver needs to stay consistent, and not give into the pressure, because it's always going to be there no matter what.
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AI, what qualifies as "great" stuff then? If you throw hard and are accurate, you're said to have a "great" arm. If you throw slow, unaccurate, and can't make it to second base from shallow center field, you have a rag arm- in other words, your name is Bernie Williams, lol. Back to Weaver, you pretty much said that if Weaver changes EVERYTHING about the way he pitches, he'll do OK. It's kinda like Karim Garcia. The guys has one good month in his life, and now he's the next Barry Bonds. Don't you think it's a little odd that Cleveland of all places, would let him go if he's so great? I think he's a Shane Spencer type, he shows you he can play once, but can't ever replicate the performance. Weaver ISN'T the type of guy the Yankees like to have on their team. He's a whining little kid who stomps around on the mound and blames his teammates when they make an error. I don't get how anyone can defend the guy. At least Michael Kay and Jim Kaat are being PAYED by the Yankees- so they can't say anything bad about him. I'll say it again, Jeff Weaver pitched in a pitcher's park, and he still didn't do great. Hopefully the Tigers will want him back and we'll somehow get Lilly from the A's, cause Lilly WILL be a great pitcher some day.
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AI_Franchise03 said:
I don't consider Armando to have great stuff. Just because you have a high 90's fastball, doesn't qualify as "great stuff". At least not in my opinion. Does he even have any breaking balls? I could sworn all he thows is the fastball, and on ocassions the changeup.
Anyways, watching Weaver pitch this season, he had couple of problems that could be taken care of. He ussually gets killed and majority of his HRS come off the hanging curve. He's been advised to keep away from it because most of the times he keeps it up instead of low. All he needs to do, is keep the ball down at all cost, but I guess that advice is given to all pitchers. His attitude on the mound needs to change ASAP. That's the first thing he needs to do to have any success. Everytime he gives up a hit, it's like he just gave up a homer. He fumes at the mound everytime a grounder goes through the IF. What he needs to do is tip his cap to that batter, and go after the next hitter, because most of times he is so angry, he hangs a pitch to the next batter, and boom, it's gone. Same idea if there is an error made on the behalf of his teammates.
Also, it's been sayed that whenever he is about to throw one of his pitches(changeup), he slows down or does something differently than as opposed when he throws the fastball. The hitters pick that up right away.
And lastly, if he gets into a jam, expect to see some runs put up on the board, because he looses his cool and tries to overpower the hitter, which in the end never works.
And I can recall at least one great game from him in a batters park, which was in Fenway, when Hammond gave up the 3-run homer to Varitek, to tie the game. Of course, Weaver's emotions were running high in the dugout after that homerun.
Jeff Weaver needs to stay consistent, and not give into the pressure, because it's always going to be there no matter what.
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AI, what qualifies as "great" stuff then? If you throw hard and are accurate, you're said to have a "great" arm. If you throw slow, unaccurate, and can't make it to second base from shallow center field, you have a rag arm- in other words, your name is Bernie Williams, lol. Back to Weaver, you pretty much said that if Weaver changes EVERYTHING about the way he pitches, he'll do OK. It's kinda like Karim Garcia. The guys has one good month in his life, and now he's the next Barry Bonds. Don't you think it's a little odd that Cleveland of all places, would let him go if he's so great? I think he's a Shane Spencer type, he shows you he can play once, but can't ever replicate the performance. Weaver ISN'T the type of guy the Yankees like to have on their team. He's a whining little kid who stomps around on the mound and blames his teammates when they make an error. I don't get how anyone can defend the guy. At least Michael Kay and Jim Kaat are being PAYED by the Yankees- so they can't say anything bad about him. I'll say it again, Jeff Weaver pitched in a pitcher's park, and he still didn't do great. Hopefully the Tigers will want him back and we'll somehow get Lilly from the A's, cause Lilly WILL be a great pitcher some day.
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