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Kevin Gorman

πŸ‘€ Speaker
2361 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

And he was kind of trying to figure out.

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

He spent last year taking a lot of swings trying to figure out what was wrong and regaining that.

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

you know, that effectiveness at the plate.

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

And this year he did a deeper dive into the biomechanics and looked at the data and found that he was, you know, what Henry told me was that he was putting almost all of his pressure on his back leg and didn't really have the balance.

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

And so that was one of the things that they discovered, you know, but a lot of it had to do with balance.

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

A lot of it had to do with, you know, having a,

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

a clean swing across the plane and having one that could cover the plate no matter what kind of pitches.

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

So this is a guy who struggled against, you know, he's known as a fastball hitter, even though he hasn't hit them that well in the majors, but he struggled against off speed and breaking pitches and he's trying to improve there.

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

I don't know that,

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

you know, that we're going to see the results immediately.

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

But I think people are already just from posting videos.

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

I think some people are already noticing a difference that he's a little more upright in his stance, that he's keeping his hands off his shoulders and that, you know, that there's some,

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

obvious changes that he's made to, you know, to his approach at the plate and to his swing, his stance in his swing that, you know, that could pay dividends if he's going to be more of the regular catcher, because he really, you know, kind of by midseason, he had kind of started splitting time with Joey Bartas, the starting catcher, and he became Paul Skeen's personal catcher, catching, I think, his final 28 starts.

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

Well, that's the one thing I get from Henry, and I've gotten to know him pretty well over the last year plus, that he's

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

He he is confident and that he works incredibly hard.

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

And so there's there's a reason behind the confidence that he's put the work in, that he knows that there's talent.

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

I mean, he's a guy who believes he was every bit of being deserving of being the number one overall pick, even though, you know, he was considered a top five pick either way.

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

You know, the Pirates got him under slot value.

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

So they saved some money on Henry Davis and spent it.

The Pomp And Joe Show
1PM - Kevin Gorman spoke to Henry Davis about changes in his stance, Griffin talk; The pros and cons of having Konnor Griffin on Pirates Opening Day roster

on Bubba Chandler uh which you know you can make an argument right now that Bubba Chandler probably could be worthy of the number one overall pick given the potential that he's shown but but certainly Henry Davis has the confidence at the plate uh you know the cops for him coming out of college were Kyle Schwarber a guy who another guy who was a catcher in college uh was a catcher in Indiana