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Peter Mat's avatar

Good for Tyler. now his goal can be to get through 6 innings like he pitched yesterday.

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Kevin J. Rogers's avatar

Such an important start for Tyler. But you're spot on, Andrew: it's all about consistency. His stuff is ridiculous, but he needs to really find it to make the most of it.

One thing which really encourages me is the adjustment he made last year. In the early going, he was landing on the ball of his plant foot and trying to get everything to tumble over a stiff front leg. He even got into kind of a recoil effect at times which really brought his stuff up in the zone.

After he came back up last year, his plant foot was flat and he was able to get the ball down better. And this year, he's even a little lower, a little more into drop-and-drive, with his plant foot totally flat. The only recoil is a little hop to the left when he snaps off a slider instead of a bounce back in the opposite direction from the plate.

Hopefully, all that adds up to a simpler, more repeatable delivery and more consistency. Certainly none of the adjustments made any difference in his stuff. It's all right there.

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