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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
If you want proof of regime and approach change, Ragans is a good example.
For the Royals to acquire a pitcher and seemingly fix him by getting him to ditch a bad pitch according to pitch data (his cutter) and replace it with a SLIDER?
I mean, this is an organization that has been weirdly anti-slider in pitching development ranks, forcing guys to throw curves instead of sliders in the low minors even if they had developed a good slider already.
“Master the curveball first, then you can work on the slider” has been the org’s mantra in the past.
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Yeah I remember that shit. Also how they gave guys very little choice in what they can do. It's nice to see that the slider was a suggestion from the player and not something forced on him. Those ****ing idiots couldn't develop a pitcher to save their lives, so you'd think they'd change that approach.