Jump to content

Grayson Rodriguez 2024

Spy Fox

By Spy Fox
in Orioles Talk

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 552
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

tom_o'malley
tom_o'malley

good news!  

Tony-OH
Tony-OH

Rodriguez's changeup was literally a Bugs Bunny Change up. I got an amazing 44% zcontact (Contact when batter swings at a ball in the strike zone) on the changeup.  Aaron Hicks had some of

Frobby
Frobby

Keep your eyes on the road! 1.  Hyde didn’t come out, French did. 2. Rodriguez wasn’t at 100 pitches, he was at 97. 3.  The bullpen had only started warming the previous batter, and was

Posted Images

Mendoza Line Major Leaguer

Mendoza Line

Posted
Posted
12 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

He couldn’t get much going in the first 2 innings but he turned it on after that. I have noticed in a lot of his starts that he doesn’t miss bats or get many Ks early but he really starts to rack those up as it gets deeper into his outing.

I feel like he is making a conscious effort this year manage his pitch count early by hunting for contact early in the game. He's alluded to such in interviews.  Later when he knows he only has 1-2 innings he goes back to try and rack up Ks.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Aristotelian Hangout Grand Counsel

Aristotelian

Posted
Posted
1 minute ago, Mendoza Line said:

I feel like he is making a conscious effort this year manage his pitch count early by hunting for contact early in the game. He's alluded to such in interviews.  Later when he knows he only has 1-2 innings he goes back to try and rack up Ks.

That's what pitchers say when they aren't missing bats. It doesn't keep your pitch count down if you turn an 0-2 count into a walk or extra base hit.

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
bpilktree67 Major Leaguer Rising Star

bpilktree67

Posted
Posted

Last night it looked like he was just trying to get a feel of all his pitches the first few innings.  He couldn’t locate the breaking balls and either were balls out of his hand or center cut.  After the 3rd or 4th inning it looked like he gave up on them and went primarily fastball up in the zone and change up down.  I think he needs to do more of that early in games with establishing the fastball instead of trying to mix every pitch in the first time through.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 2 weeks later...
Frobby Hangout Grand Counsel

Frobby

Posted
Posted

Grayson had a win and a quality start today but honestly I was a little disappointed with his outing.   He seems to have mental lapses that cost him.  I was particularly frustrated when he walked Varsho (.681 OPS) and Berger (.557) in the 6th after being staked to a 9-3 lead.  

Overall, he’s a good not great pitcher, but he still has the potential to be great.  
 

  • Upvote 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sports Guy Hangout Grand Counsel

Sports Guy

Posted
Posted
11 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Grayson had a win and a quality start today but honestly I was a little disappointed with his outing.   He seems to have mental lapses that cost him.  I was particularly frustrated when he walked Varsho (.681 OPS) and Berger (.557) in the 6th after being staked to a 9-3 lead.  

Overall, he’s a good not great pitcher, but he still has the potential to be great.  
 

Barger really beat him today. He cost himself today on a bad walk prior to the Barger double.

He gets into an overthrow tendency at times. Gets in love with trying to throw as hard as he can. He needs to mature more mentally and that is what will get him to the next level.

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
bpilktree67 Major Leaguer Rising Star

bpilktree67

Posted
Posted

I loved the first few innings with pounding the fastball in the zone the first time through.  He needs to establish the fastball early in the game more which will keep his pitch count down.  The breaking balls are not swing and miss quality so he gets lots of fouls on those in games and that raises his pitch count early on.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Say O! Major Leaguer

Say O!

Posted
Posted
1 minute ago, bpilktree67 said:

I loved the first few innings with pounding the fastball in the zone the first time through.  He needs to establish the fastball early in the game more which will keep his pitch count down.  The breaking balls are not swing and miss quality so he gets lots of fouls on those in games and that raises his pitch count early on.  

Agree with you on establishing the fastball early (although noteworthy that full game stats showed 50% fastball which was just slightly above 46% season average).  TBD if that was just outing vs blue jays (IIRC on the broadcast KB/Big Ben mentioned that Blue Jays did not rate highly vs heaters) or this will be new pattern for GRod.  I also think GRod did not have a feel early for the changeup, he was elevating/hanging quite a few it seemed.  Would love to see a start where GRod had the command of more than one of his pitches…IMO that is the unlock to ace status.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
interloper Hangout Grand Counsel

interloper

Posted
Posted

I think he stuck with the fastball-heavy approach a shade too long today. His fastball seems to be one of those pitches where it's effective until suddenly it's not. 

Otherwise, you won't see me complaining about 6 innings and 3 runs. Just keep rolling.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Posts

    • Yossarian
      Tracking Ex Oriole Thread

      By Yossarian · Posted

      It takes Orioles rookies 60 or 70 at bats to get their first two hits.
    • Baseball fandom
      2024 Week 2: Ravens vs Raiders

      By Baseball fandom · Posted

      Tell me how can Harbaugh help him when he doesn't know how to help himself. Harbs is the worst at burning timeouts stupidly then not having any when they are needed at crunch time. 
    • Baseball fandom
      9/15: O's Head Home After A Loss To The Tigers

      By Baseball fandom · Posted

      Yes the same here. They are going to the playoffs and yet I have no feeling towards it whatsoever. Weird feeling. Like you just know they are going to get bounced in the first round. It looks inevitable. I mean you could make a case the Tigers are more deserving of the Orioles spot. They are playing some great baseball of late. 
    • Baseball fandom
      9/15: O's Head Home After A Loss To The Tigers

      By Baseball fandom · Posted

      Man Baltimore sports has not been kind. The Orioles are on a  3 month tailspin and the Ravens did what they do best and blew another double digit 4th quarter lead to a inferior team.  Let's see if the Orioles can right the ship,  though I'm not holding my breath on that one at all. Yikes. 
    • Hallas
      2024 Week 2: Ravens vs Raiders

      By Hallas · Posted

      Idk how impactful this was, probably pretty low on the list of problems, but this is the 2nd straight week that Lamar threw the ball late in the game and the receiver was unable to get oob.  The ball to Bateman is probably excusable because we had more time on the clock and we needed the deep ball to be in position to make a run, but this time throwing a 12 yard dump to Andrews was just straight up stupid IMO.  I get that they're going to play outside leverage all day every day in this situation but just throw it away and try to take another shot.  Lamar has to have more clock awareness than that,  and Harbaugh has to instill in him the importance of saving those seconds on the clock.
    • now
      FIX THE DANG HITTING!

      By now · Posted

      Sorry but that response from Fuller sounds to me like too many words, concepts, abstractions, and if that's how he communicates, wordy and convoluted, it's a lot for hitters to carry "into the box." Not to mention all the specifics involved, re. what pitches and locations to look for, all the analytics of how to do the swing and torque the body, etc. I'm no coach but I can imagine a whole season of this approach just becomes information overload. Maybe it's not rocket science, after all (with all due respect to ex-NASA Sig). Maybe the antidote is more Zen: just see the pitch and hit the dang thing.  BTW I think the analytical, overthinking approach is better suited to the pitching side, where you can plan your attack based on all the data. Hitting is more reaction, no time to think. You can't beat pitching using the same approach--rather, need the opposite approach, to counter with instinct and intuition. At least, that's my cheap (2 cents) advice!
    • 24fps
      Trevor Rogers 2024

      By 24fps · Posted

      The proposition that every auction automatically results in an overpay is simplified indeed.  Granted, "kind of true" is a low bar to clear, but still...

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...