tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post5991389791001317208..comments2024-03-27T18:52:30.854-04:00Comments on Mack's Mets: Thoughts on Developing SPsMack Adehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-28622638032126912712009-02-04T21:19:00.000-05:002009-02-04T21:19:00.000-05:00To be honest...I have NEVER seen Peterson at a min...To be honest...<BR/><BR/>I have NEVER seen Peterson at a minor league Mets complex.<BR/><BR/>And I don't expect to see Wathen.<BR/><BR/>ALL decisions, though, come from Queens... <BR/><BR/>the "Bat phone" rings and tells each manager who to play and who to pitch...<BR/><BR/>period...<BR/><BR/>oh yeah...<BR/><BR/>the manager can decide on his own when to use the fungo batMack Adehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-65023827025108586392009-02-04T19:53:00.000-05:002009-02-04T19:53:00.000-05:00Is that a recent philosopy? Making all the starte...Is that a recent philosopy? Making all the starters uniform in approach, angle was something Peterson was doing. Does the process of the major league pitching coach trickle down to the minors?<BR/><BR/>I think Warthen will be a good fit, because he seems to embrace the differences of his pitchers, as opposed to Peterson who tried to mold them.Ravihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763299964186601417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-70991562385741766122009-02-04T19:23:00.000-05:002009-02-04T19:23:00.000-05:00Thanks Ravi:I go to every Savannah Sand Gnats home...Thanks Ravi:<BR/><BR/>I go to every Savannah Sand Gnats home game at least 4 hours before game time.<BR/><BR/>I have a field pass, know all the players each year, and get to know all the coaches and rovers.<BR/><BR/>Additionally, I sit behind home plate with the scouts that are in town, and the players out of uniform (usually 2 pitchers that pitched the night before) on the radar guns...<BR/><BR/>After a number of years and a lot of off-the-record conversations, you leard how this works.<BR/><BR/>Regarding Heilman, good pick up, but I could tell you 20+ more Mets so-called prospects that have been screwed up over the years by different coaches.<BR/><BR/>One guy last year was forced to pitch every pitch as if someone was on base.<BR/><BR/>MackMack Adehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-29768166016234829692009-02-04T19:02:00.000-05:002009-02-04T19:02:00.000-05:00Hey Mack,I've gotta say, I am more and more becomi...Hey Mack,<BR/><BR/>I've gotta say, I am more and more becoming a fan of your blog, for the unique (read: informed) perspective you bring. Metsblog is still 1st, but you are on the way up. <BR/><BR/>I found this article very interesting...Particularly the astute observation you made regarding a player having so many pitching coaches giving different advice (for the record, was the reference you made about a coach changing a pitcher's arm angle from 3/4 to something else a nod to Aaron Heilman? Thats exactly what happened with him, until Apodaca corrected in in 2005).Ravihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763299964186601417noreply@blogger.com