Sunday, March 13, 2011

No different than Sabathia, Garcia's second start looked terrible.

Garcia had an awful outing in today's game against Minnesota.  He pitched only 2 & 2/3 innings but threw 68 pitchs.  He allowed 4 runs on 6 hits with 2 walks and a hit-by-pitch.  Overall his pitches looked flat and his mechanics seemed off. It looked like his body was falling towards first base during his delivery.  I couldn't tell where his foot was landing exactly during the delivery because of the camera angles, but it seems like he is letting his body open up too much causing his pitches to appear flat.  

When you are only pitching in the low 90's with your fastball, you can't get away with pitches that have no movement .  That seemed to be the problem today.

It's only Garcia's second start this spring, so it really isn't a big deal.  Sabathia had a terrible second start and nobody panicked, so Garcia is most likely still in line for the 4th or 5th starter spot. 

The bright spot from Garcia today was his velocity was clocked at 92mph.  Last year, he threw between 87-88mph.  He is now two years removed from surgery, so it wouldn't be too surprising to see his velocity increase a bit more.

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