Comments on: Drayer reports on the game plan for Felix

By: joser

joser — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:40:38 +0000

Well, one factor is going to be how long it takes to determine if the two-seamer is “working” or not. You can get into a hole pretty fast if you keep watching moonshots going over your head thinking “Well, that was a mistake, but maybe it’ll start working for me after a few more pitches.”

By: Steve T

Steve T — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:28:22 +0000

Wow, I cannot describe how much nicer to read this is than Norm Charlton’s B.S. Let’s hear it for a thousand quick groundball outs!

By: jlc

jlc — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:24:02 +0000

HoRam gone and potential good news from Felix. The best Mariner day of ST.

By: gwangung

gwangung — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:10:48 +0000

Telling the media is one thing, though, and doing it is another. If Felix really follows through on this, it’s great news. I’ll hold out hope.

Hey, this is progress in telling the media, at least.

It’s always about execution of strategy in the end. But it helps to have a good strategy in the first place.

By: PositivePaul

PositivePaul — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:30:44 +0000

I heard that the new minor league pitching overseer, Dave Wallace, worked a bit with Felix over the winter. I’m wondering if that’s part of this…

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:28:22 +0000

Yea – he’s saying the right things here. This isn’t typical “establish the fastball” and “pitch inside like a man” crap. Felix is exactly right – when he’s commanding his fastball, he’s lights out, because no one can hit that 96 MPH two-seamer at the knees. But when he can’t put it at the knees, his reaction has to be to mix his pitches and get guys off balance, because the four seam fastball is still his worst pitch.

Telling the media is one thing, though, and doing it is another. If Felix really follows through on this, it’s great news. I’ll hold out hope.

By: lailaihei

lailaihei — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:40:08 +0000

This is pretty cool, I love this kind of coverage. Much better than “Stop the presses! Ichiro is 0-21!” or “The Mariners released oft-injured and ineffective LHP Horacio Ramirez.” Oh wait, I actually liked the [latter] of those.

And wait… Felix is throwing a sinker now? Awesome.