Are the Cubs going to have a Jameson Taillon problem?

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What are the concerns surrounding Jameson Taillon's performance?

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rahimi harrison grody i'm not a fan of any team i'm just a fan of being right middays 10 to 2 on 104.3 the score the next pitch is hit high in the air deep left center field racing back near the wall looking up shaw it's gone mookie betts has gone yard and the dodgers extend the lead six to nothing now over the cubs here in the third That's one thing about Betts. You make a mistake, he puts the barrel on the baseball a lot. Unfortunately, Mookie Betts does. That is Zach Zaidman and Ron Coomer on the Cubs radio network. With that call, Jameson Tyone gave up 10 runs on 8 hits. He walked 4 batters in just 3-3 innings on Sunday against the Dodgers. But yeah, Mookie Betts is pretty good at baseball, I'd say.

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Is that line that Tyone threw up, is that bad? Is that bad? It's not ideal. You'd rather have it in a game that doesn't count than one that does. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. And Mark, it's the quotes after the game that you were very interested in that you found. Yeah, usually when, and especially in the case of a veteran spring training, guy gives up a bunch of runs, everybody just sort of blows it off.

How does Jameson Taillon's spring training performance affect his confidence?

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He's working on stuff, he's trying stuff, it's spring training, it's hot, the ball's carrying, all the usual stuff that we hear from everybody making excuses in spring training, and most of us buy into it because we don't really have a choice. But... Jameson Tyone himself, after that 10-run performance, is not buying into it, referring to it as a, quote, big step back, referred to as a mix of mechanical problems within his delivery and mental challenges. Now that he has had a few bad spring outings, Tyone speculates he might be pitching away from contact a little bit. because of the hard contact that he has allowed. Tommy Haddavy said that he is working with Tyone to use his lower half more effectively.

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Here is Jamison Tyone taking it from there. We were talking to Tommy a few days ago. He almost took credit for some of your struggles because you are trying a lot behind the scenes and some of the mechanical things and getting you into positions. Can you kind of describe the things that you're working on in there and how hard sometimes it is to then try it out in a game and not revert back to what you are used to and sticking with kind of this long-term vision? Yeah, so, I mean, even just sometimes when I've had really good results, I still don't feel like I'm always necessarily throwing the way I was born to throw. Like, I feel like as you get older, sometimes you manipulate some things and adjust some things.

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And I've, you know, just been, we've seen a trend of some of my stuff ticking down and we were trying to tick it back up. And there's some clear things I can get better at. Backside connection, using my lower half a lot better.

What mechanical issues is Jameson Taillon facing this season?

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Yeah, that being said, it's also on me to make sure when you're in a game, you go out and compete. It is hard to be thinking about a million things, but also I've always been good at that in my career, tinkering and adjusting, but going out when it's time to compete and competing, and right now I'm not doing that. kind of all over the place. So, yeah, just, again, gotta be better. Do you envision part of the evaluation process of, like, okay, what does the next step look like for you? Do you think there is a balance of, like, wanting to take the stuff that you guys are trying to tweak and improve for long-term versus stuff you know works well that gets you results? Yeah, I mean, it's a fine line of...

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I'm not a guy who just accepts bad results or my stuff not being where I want it. I'm always tinkering behind the scenes, and it's a fine line of tinkering to stay sharp or tinkering to mess yourself up. And right now I've tinkered a little bit and messed myself up. And now it's just about tinkering to get back to where I know I can be. And I feel like once the season gets going, I know what I can do. I know I can work my way through a lineup and execute pitches. That being said, I have to put my body in a position to execute the pitches and do what I know I can do.