Derek Lowe prepares for his first season with the Cleveland Indians - MLB News
The Cleveland Indians newly acquired right handed pitcher Derek Lowe has started preparing to do well in the next Major League season.
Lowe, who was acquired from the Atlanta Braves in exchange of Indians’ Minor League pitcher Chris Jones, is getting himself ready for a much tougher task ahead in 2012. He was speaking to the media on Thursday via a conference call and shared his day-to-day
routine after becoming a part of the Indians’ roster last month.
He described in detail and said, “I’m excited, any time you go to a new up-and-coming team, it’s exciting. These guys are young with a ton of potential. It’s up to me to bring experience and to pitch better. I’ve had the chance to do a lot of self-evaluation
this off-season, I had become a breaking ball pitcher, and for me to have success, that’s not the way to go.”
Derek Lowe’s past brilliant performances with the Braves are enough to prove his baseball and pitching skills. He has been playing in Major League Baseball since 1997 and these 14 years of experience have made him one of the very best pitchers to have played
in MLB.
Since his early playing days, he never performed badly and remained consistent throughout his career. Playing for four different teams in the League also made him very strong while he developed himself a pretty controlled player who can adjust well with
any team’s new environment.
Lowe is now working closely with the Indians’ pitching Coach Scott Radinsky and told the reporters as he is feeling very well and trying to pitch the way he wants me to pitch. The playing styles of both teams are entirely different. Where Lowe’s former team
the Braves used to play more open and try not to put pressure on the opposition early in the game. However, Cleveland Indians have a long tradition of being more aggressive early in the game and try their best not to give extra loop holes to their opponents.
It will be interesting to see what impact Lowe will have for the Indians in the 2012 regular season.
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