http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/24/does-joe-kelly-have-a-changeup-you-can-believe-in/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/24/does-joe-kelly-have-a-changeup-you-can-believe-in/#comment-6285 Sat, 26 Mar 2016 21:00:52 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=3893#comment-6285 In the case of both Kelly and Porcello, I keep reading that “the big problem” last year was pitch selection, pitch sequencing, or some other variation on that theme. Which in my unschooled baseball mind raises two questions: What the heck were the catchers doing last year and what the heck were the coaches doing last year? Isn’t it a catcher’s job to be the play-caller? Were Leon, Hanigan and Swihart just flashing a sign that meant “go ahead and throw whatever you want”? And isn’t there a pitching coach and a manager who used to be a pitching coach whose job description includes “reviewing game video to try and figure out why the pitchers are getting hit so badly”?

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