Too complicated. Throw gas
I think that is him trying to hear the audio PitchCom.FTAG 2000 said:
It bugs me how much leclerc looks around. Focus on something besides a stadium full of people.
rgag12 said:
Who would you pitch in the 9th if they don't bring him back out?
rgag12 said:
Who would you pitch in the 9th if they don't bring him back out?
DallasAg 94 said:I think that is him trying to hear the audio PitchCom.FTAG 2000 said:
It bugs me how much leclerc looks around. Focus on something besides a stadium full of people.
You've seen people on calls with earbuds looking around as they process what they're hearing. I think that is all he is doing.
Goldie Wilson said:
Max seems pretty rested
Proposition Joe said:shack009 said:WestTexasAg said:
Jose LeClerc - Does he remind anyone else of Neftali Feliz back in 2010-2011? Both a little wild at times, but tough to hit. Good closers, but still make your nervous. LeClerc may actually have a little better stuff than Feliz had.
I was getting major Neftali-vibes watching him in the 9th. Neftali probably had slightly better stuff and was definitely more of an easy motion, but it seems like we'll get the same high velocity, high risk-high reward type of 9th innings as we did in 10-11.
They are both similar in their look and build, but stuff is nothing alike. Feliz could touch 100 on his fastball and had his secondary off-speed pitches would back-breaking because of that.
LeClerc has done an excellent job for us this year, but he has to have his off-speed setup his fastball and even then his best pitch (slider) relies heavily on players chasing.
I'm glad the rest of the league hasn't caught on yet, but the best route to take with LeClerc is simply not to swing at the slider because it's out of the strikezone most of the time.