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Control issues seem to have revealed themselves in Double A. Seems like a prime candidate to stay where he's at and maybe go to the AFL
Reliever Matt Cronin has pitched on 14 dates for the Class AA Harrisburg Senators this spring. The whole list — April 9, April 14, April 17, April 20, April 24, April 29, May 1, May 5, May 8, May 12, May 15, May 18, May 21 and May 22 — tells a story on its own. Notice the consistent gaps until Cronin went back-to-back for the first time this past weekend? Or how, early on, coaches gave three or four days of rest to a lefty sidelined for parts of 2021 with shoulder issues?Here’s the careful plan for a pitcher who entered Thursday with a 0.00 ERA in 16⅓ innings....Once in a while, Cronin has mixed in what pitching coordinator Sam Narron called a split-finger change-up. Otherwise, he has flat-out dominated with high heaters and a sharp breaking ball. His velocity is in the low-to-mid 90s, ticking back to normal. Opposing hitters have a batting average/on-base percentage/slugging percentage slash line of .096/.203/.096. That identical batting and slugging percentage means Cronin has only allowed singles — and only five of them — while striking out 22 and walking seven.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/05/26/matt-cronin-harrisburg-nationals-prospect/0.00 ERA, 16.1 IP.
He’ll be up after the deadline when we sell off Cishek, Erasmo, Rainey, etc
We have three more years of control with Rainey. I would like to see him be a staple back there. Sell everything else that isn't nailed down
Up to AAA. Pitched the 9th in their 8-0 win last night. Should be the last stop before he is in DC, hopefully soon.
What’s the rush? Let him get some time in AAA. Season is a lost one anyway.
You could use the same logic for him to come up even sooner. I don't think they need to "rush" him, but I also don't think he needs a ton of time in AAA.
I don’t like to rush young pitchers. He will undoubtedly hit a rough patch soon and would rather him do that in the minors. And see if he can overcome it there.
Matt Cronin was a sophomore at Arkansas when he first heard the comparisons — that his fastball looked like Sean Doolittle’s. Both have a rising action that makes hitters swing under the baseball....I just stay very true behind the baseball. It gets perfect backspin, so I’m not wasting any of that spin. It just helps the ball to stay up. If you really want to read about it, you can go read about the Magnus effect.”The Magnus effect is the force that is responsible for how much break the ball experiences as it spins. Cronin learned about it in high school. The downward Magnus effect on a curveball with topspin aids gravity and leads to a steep fall. The fastball, on the other hand, has backspin and opposes gravity, allowing the ball to stay in the air longer....Doolittle, who first met Cronin at the Nationals’ alternate site in 2020, said he can see why people say the two are alike. Doolittle said Cronin has a shorter arm action that allows him to hide the ball behind his body and deceive the hitter.“I’ve followed him since [2020],” Doolittle said. “And even back then, at least within the [Nationals] organization, they were telling me that there were some similarities there. So I always kept an eye on him. I’m really happy for him that last year he had a really good year. It’s been kind of fun watching him progress and figure out who he is and how to use his strengths and leverage those.”
Probably recovering from TJS
when did he have TJS? I didn't see any news. Injury was undisclosed back in MAy. By the way, I guess you can recall him and then place him on the 60 day IL to open up a 40 man slot.
