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Robert Stock

👤 Speaker
132 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

But for the most part, it's just saying, if you can get your ball to move like this, if you can throw it out of this slot from this side of the mound, it's going to work in the major leagues.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

So when we're in rookie ball, we don't need to be working on the things to get rookie ball hitters out.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

We're working on the things to get major league hitters out.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

And so when a player...

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

is displaying that they're throwing a bunch of strikes with major league caliber pitches.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

They can just breeze through from A ball up to the big leagues, up to the World Series in one season.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

And it makes complete sense because of all the information that we have these days.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

Sure.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

Sure.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

Yeah.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

So, so the first thing is just a change of variations as a right-handed pitcher.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

You're always going to struggle against left-handed headers for the, for the most part.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

Um,

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

And that gets exacerbated the lower your arm slot is.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

Actually, the higher your arm slot, you will be more neutral, if not even better against lefties.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

And then the lower you drop it, it tips in favor.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

You're going to dominate righties and struggle against lefties.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

And so you need some sort of pitch to neutralize that.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

And a changeup is like the most obvious one.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
BIB on the Go: What Made Robert Stock Desirable To The Mets

And so all year long, I was throwing different grips on changeups, different slots, different speeds.