Stephen Strasburg can become one of the best pitchers at season end - MLB Feature
Not feeling the effects of Tommy John Surgery, no more trouble of arm movements and Stephen Strasburg is floating through the season. As relaxed as a bear, he stands on the mound. His arms dictate the proceedings as his power unleashes and wreaks the damage.
It is not rocket science that he boasts. It is not the mystery that his pitches involve. It is a simple generation of power that beats the hitters through same channel again and again. While this speaks of his excellence, it hides in it a competitive edge,
which potentially can take him above the rest of the pitchers in baseball.
Ransack the games being played over the last month, pick out the best pitchers and find out what they have done. An observer sitting above the ballpark will be sick of watching a hurler being named winner at the end of the game, not because more strike-outs
were drawn, but the fact runs were contained.
While doing so is great, purity as a pitcher demands a daring attitude. Challenge hitters that strike-zone will be bombarded and will be broken through every-time, whether it is in their imagination or not.
Don’t leave things at defence as it discounts your distinction. Don’t ask catcher to read hitters and suggest throws as it brings a shareholder in the pride.
Team contribution is important and without which winning games is impossible. When it comes to deciding who is going to be the most successful pitcher of the season, parameters have to be changed.
As if strike zone has expanded all of a sudden, let alone making any decision about finding right swings, plugging the zone takes a bigger toll on hitters’ mind. See the throw from where it unfolds and be startled about when it has whistled through the strike-zone.
A kid with just two years of experience smiles and beneath the heat makes fun of their miseries. Yes, Strasburg is well on his way to become the best pitcher of the current Major League Baseball regular season.
Arm pumped at the age of 23, Stephen Strasburg has a repertoire of pitches that, if applied correctly, can be horrible for the batters.
Alert batters with 97mph fastball and demoralise their senses with a change-up. Comfort them with few sliders and all of sudden burst a fastball and leave them struck-out at a time when they will have thought of having found an ideal time to hit.
Hardly more than seven games Stephen Strasburg has played and 51 strike-outs have been recorded. This amply explains how little he has left on the defence and how much he has shouldered on his own.
The best tactic hitters follow against quality pitchers is sending them into confusion. Try best to go up on the count and force for a walk. From this, they lure them to resort to throwing into the heart of the strike-zone, which more often comes loose,
against the backdrop of the situation they were forced by for this. Thus, a perfect recipe for making hits is prepared.
The fact Strasburg has maintained .91 WHIP, explains how hopelessly hitters have met a failure on this front.
Still it is long way to go as highs and lows are to be the inevitable moments of the season. Methods through which Strasburg has done the damage are certainly uncharacteristic of any pitcher in the season. He holds something that can keep the batters guessing
through and through.
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