Baseball Pitching: The Fix

Baseball Pitching: The Fix


The Fix for Dallas Keuchel

May 27, 2016

After winning the AL Cy Young Award in 2015, Houston Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel is suddenly struggling -- his velocity is down, command is off, and he's fatiguing by the fifth inning. Baseball pitching motion troubleshooter Angel Borrelli investigates Keuchel's mechanics and finds both a flaw that is common with pitchers at all levels and a fix that can be easily applied.  Also in this episode, host Joe Janish asks Angel what pitchers should do when they suffer from forearm tightness, citing Mets pitcher Steven Matz's forearm and elbow issues. During the "Teaching Moment," Angel and Joe discuss a recent study by Michael Sonne regarding MLB's proposal to use a pitch clock and how that could increase and accelerate pitchers' fatigue. Finally, during the "Location" segment of the podcast, Angel provides a tip for improving command, using Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer as an example.