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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
No, it will happen midseason. That's the way these things go for the Royals.
JJ Cooper tweeted a bit last night about the Royals' cookie cutter approach to SPs. Trying to rubber stamp that fastball/curveball/changeup/clean mechanics look.
I think that's why guys like Crow and now - apparently - Zimmer have struggled with deception so much. Both have great stuff, throw hard, have GREAT secondary pitches (not exaggerating - Zimmer's curve and Crow's slider were both PLUS major league pitches when they were drafted) and K rates, but get hit so often.
This organization is clearly behind the times when it comes to the way it develops its players. Which really shouldn't surprise me, considering that they're behind the times on everything else.
I think they do a good job identifying talent and scouting. But the development guys have failed, en masse.
What it creates? Minor league prospects that scouts love, but who have trouble translating their tools to MLB success.
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They "cleaned up" Tim Collins, and he's gone from nearly unhittable to average. Part of his success was the unorthodox nature of his mechanics; he hid the ball incredibly well before they changed him.
edit: so what I wrote above was my perception of his performance so far this year, but looking at the numbers......he's been about the same as usual. One noticeable difference is his K rate, which I'd still argue has dropped because he's lost some deception.