The fastball was in the 88-90 range and the slider averaged around 84. The 90-mph fastball to David Freese was right down the middle and made for a home run.
Catcher Lucas May (interesting… no Thole) called for it to go inside, but it didn’t. Yes, he gave up two runs, but the first inning produced only one real bad pitch.
(Kevin Goldstein tweeted: “Mike Pelfrey just drives me nuts”. Lol)
The second home run was an 88-mph fastball that was well low-inside with no movement. Pure brute power by Moilina. Nice 74-mph curve. Once again, no fastball above 90 and the sinker continued not to… err… sink.
Josh Satin and Ike Davis produced a double play that limited Pelfrey’s pitches in the third.
The flyout in the fourth to Quintanilla was another high 89 FB. The second pitch to Molina was finally 91.
He stayed 91 throughout the inning and continued to try and hit the corners. The curves missed consistently.
Mike was pulled due to pitching count and he went out of his way to thank May... he he...
Overall: I’m sorry, but there just wasn’t anything special here.
Yes, he gave up two homers, but one was wind aided and the other hit off the top of the wall. They easily could have both been long outs. A good outing, but, like I said, nothing special and definitely, nothing dominant.
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Sad to say, but I think Pelf should pay to have Rick "Fix 'em in 15" Peterson come back and work solely with him, as it seemed the only success he had was under The Jacket's tutelage. Sad that he has seemingly regressed. I know it's only spring and still a small sample size, but there's nothing encouraging about him right now...
There really isn't, David.
The interesting part of today was he really missed consistently throwing where Lucas May wanted him to.
It's hard to tell if he was trying to only hit the corners, but it seemed that did.
Also,his first curve was the only good one.
i thought i remembered pelf struggling under the jacket's tutelage and initially doing really well when warthen let him pitch how he was used to pitching.
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