a few minutes and dug a little deeper into the topic. i wanted to hear what their approach is with every pitch. is their catcher moving around, side to side, too much? what is their thought process in 2 ball counts? what is their intent with the first pitch to each batter? are they looking to get contact or trying to get swing and misses?
a pitcher’s #1 job is to throw strikes. the goal is to do this 65% of the time. in my book, a pitcher has two counts where he can purposely throwing a pitch, out of the zone, to get a swing and miss. 0-2 and 1-2 