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Are they being overly cautious or is he just running out of stamina? That is why I thought he may end up as the "closer" a week ago.
After throwing five scoreless innings Sunday, sitting 97 mph with his fastball while doing so, Cavalli has a 1.55 ERA and 30 strikeouts to just six walks over his past five starts.
cautious, conservative, planned . . . there's a lot of words for it.
Throwing a lot of offspeed tonight
Only 1 walk and 4 strikeouts. Let's see how he feels tomorrow.
We’ve kind of changed my four-seam,” Cavalli told me. “Instead of chasing some numbers vertically, we’ve gone back to where my natural hand path is, which is in a supinated position. I’m getting cut-ride now, whereas before it was more ride, with a little bit more horizontal to the arm side. Now it’s a little straighter, with a little bit of cut.”Asked if chasing ride had added undue stress to his arm, the 22nd overall pick in the 2020 draft out of the University of Oklahoma answered in the affirmative.“Exactly,” the erstwhile Sooner replied. “We wanted to let my arm do what it does naturally, and now that I’m not over-pronating on the fastball, trying to get the numbers I wanted, I’m not as inconsistent. I’m also recovering better.”Cavalli told me that he’s been averaging around 13 to 14 inches of vertical break, and one to three inches of horizontal break, whereas in the past it had been “anywhere from 14 to 17 vert, with nine to 11 horizontal arm side.” He likened his revamped heater to a baby cutter.Eric Longenhagen watched Cavalli’s start at Lehigh Valley on June 20 — a six inning, two run effort — and wasn’t overly enthused with the offering. Our lead prospect analyst observed a fastball that sat 95 mph and topped out at 99, but “played below its velocity due to a lack of movement and hittable angle.”The movement difference has spurred an addition to Cavalli’s arsenal. With his four-seamer now having some cutting action, he has introduced a two-seamer to give him fastballs that go in different directions.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/armed-with-a-revamped-heater-cade-cavalli-eyes-a-healthy-return-to-dc/
Interesting. Sounds like he is going to have to use his change up and curve as his out pitches and pitch off the fastball. Hopefully he can generate weak contact with it rather than what Logenhagen worries about.
but it knocks him down from the #2 we were hoping he'd be.
also sounds like he's moving away from what gave him success in the past in order to preserve his arm. I get that he has to do it, but it knocks him down from the #2 we were hoping he'd be.
I think he still could be a 2/3, but it's going to take longer.
