Detroit Tigers Exchange Targets to solve the problem of the enclosure of LEVERS in All-Star BREAK
On the “Days of Roar” podcast, Evan Petzold assesses the Tigers from Detroit to Mlb All -Star Break – and the great need to win the World Series.
Arlington, TX – Strait Tigers Rightary Carlos HernándezA flame launcher that has struggled to order her land, revised her mixture of pitch just before the stars break in search of a breakthrough.
It launches fewer types of height.
And it launches many more separators.
“Dynamic, physical construction, high -end speed, split, movement,” said manager AJ Hinch Sunday July 20 before the Tigers series final Texas Rangers In the Globe Life Field. “It makes a difficult combo when he can use his belongings correctly.”
Hernández – asked for derogations in mid -June from the Philadelphia Phillies – has an MPM of 6.17 with 19 balls on balls and 34 stick withdraws in 35 -rounds in 34 games, including an MPM of 8.68 in nine games with the Tigers.
But Hernández did not authorize a race or granted a safe blow in two relief appearances entering Sunday – his first two games with the refined pitch mixture. In these outings, he has a walk and three stick withdrawals on two sleeves.
He used to launch six locations.
Now, Hernández relies on two: a separator and a quick ball with four seams.
“I think it shows how dynamic its split is,” said Hinch about Hernández, whose fast ball on average 97.8 MPH and Splitter generates an assistance rate of 49.1%. “It was a start -up mixture of his entire career, and although these locations have sometimes been effective for him, a more simplified approach was a better performance.”
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During its first 32 games, Hernández presented this mixture of pitch: 55.4% of fast -seams fast, 17.4% of cursors, 14.2% of separators, 11.1% of curve balls, 1.7% lead, 0.2% of sweepers.
During its last two games: 65% of separators, 27.5% of fast -seaming fast balls, 5% of sliders, 2.5% of curve balls. (It reduced its use of pitch to only two in its last match: 68.4% of the separators, 31.6% of fast four -seam balls.)
To move forward, Hernández should keep its mix of simplified pitch with separators and fast balls while focusing on the launch of strikes to reduce walks.
“It was like 70%,” said Hinch, referring to the use of the hernández separator on Saturday July 19 against the Rangers. “It is obviously very extreme, but it is also very effective. In general, you want to throw your best field the most. At the moment, its split has been very dynamic.”
Everyone is about to know if less is more.
Otherwise, the tigers will have no choice but to delete the Hernández project.
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Who is TBD in the pitching plan?
The Tigers have established two of the three starting launchers for their next series against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park: right Jack Flaherty Monday July 21 and right -handed Casey Mize Tuesday July 22.
There is no starter listed for the final of the series, a day match on Wednesday July 23.
“We always sort what we are going to do,” said Hinch.
In the midst of 13 games in 13 days to open the second half of the season, the Tigers pushed all the rotation one day – something Hinch said that the tigers were “very consistent” to do this season.
Right -handed Reese Olson should start on Thursday July 24 in the first match against the Toronto Blue Jays at Comica Park. For Wednesday, the Tigers did not make a decision on the starting launcher, but the right -hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (stiff neck) may not be ready to return from the injured list.
Another option is the left -hander Dietrich ENS.
“We will sort our options,” said Hinch.
Troy Melton is coming soon?
We don’t know if right -handers Troy Melton Will be the answer for the start of Wednesday against the pirates, but the 24-year-old put himself on the radar for an MLB promotion in the near future, probably as a starter but perhaps as a lifter.
The only question is his ability to go out against left -handed strikers.
For Triple-A Toledo, the Melton-launcher has an MPM of 2.72 with nine balls on balls and 56 stick withdrawals on 36⅓ henings in eight games (six departures). Before that, he recorded an MPM of 3.23 in 10 departures for Double-A Erie.
Melton is prospect n ° 10 of tigers, according to MLB pipeline.
As a mud hen, Melton launches 50% fast bullets, 21.7% cutters, 12.9% of cursors, 8.3% changes and 7.1% of curve balls. He has three Swing-And-Miss weapons.
Its quick ball is on average 96.7 MPH and is maximum at 99.9 MPH, but more importantly, it generates an assistance rate of 25.9%. (For reference, the triple-a average for the rapid ball odor rate is 22.8%).
The Tigers selected Melton with the overall choice n ° 117 during the 2022 draft of the state of San Diego.
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