Zach Zaidman

And Mark, it's the quotes after the game that you were very interested in that you found.

When a pitcher like Jamison Tyone says he has a... Any pitcher says they have a mechanical problem, that's a red flag.

But then when he's telling you that he's now pitching to avoid contact because he knows he's giving up the home runs, that means he's gone away from his game plan.

Like, what do we always know about pitchers?

Hit your spot, right?

If you do that based on the framing and how that's supposed to go...

then you're going to get a certain result.

Like, for example, fly ball pitcher, if he hits a spot, then theoretically it's weak contact to center or right field or something along those lines.

If you're a ground ball pitcher, you know, like even Nolan McClain in that first inning, like we saw, hit your spot, induced the 5-4-3 double play.

So...

That said, that's the thing that I think gives me a real pause.

James Santana is so wonderfully candid.

I love that he's telling us this because he'll tell you exactly what's going on.

However, it doesn't make it any less worrisome.

Well, and frankly, this goes back to just a couple of main things.

You know, when you get older and you don't throw as hard, that's what makes batters be able to turn on the ball better.

They see it.

It's slower.

I think the last time that Jamison Tyron was really giving up a lot of home runs was

What I end up seeing is the ball spends a lot of time in the perfect part of the strike zone.