Hendriks tipping his pitches?

[Balta1701]

Ruiz was already warm. Hendriks with a back hurting was not a better option than him. Period. Extra end of statement for emphasis.

And Liam Hendriks not wanting to find out if the game is exactly why you should have a manager. That’s literally his job - to manage volatile personalities and make the right decision for the team. 

The only way it isn’t a managerial mistake is if we’ve finally admitted he isn’t even bothering to manage. Which, frankly, is totally consistent with that inning.

[tray]

Hendriks  is emotionally out-of-control at times on the mound. Hard to tell if he is serious or not about anything.

In the prior inning after striking out a batter Hendriks yelled some expletive starting with F.

What was the speed of the pitch that Buxton jacked?

Without  knowing the speed, it looked like a typical Hendriks high fastball, the kind that has been pasted by good fastball hitters like Buxton.

Buxton gets the credit. That was not a get me over fastball. It was the best Hendriks currently has in his arsenal. ...a fast but flattened out fastball.

Ruiz probably would not have fared better, but , as with most other quibbles with in-game decisions, hindsight is always 20/20. 

I wonder if Hendriks will be available for the next game. No word on that yet.

[Balta1701]

  On 4/26/2022 at 1:10 AM, tray said:

Hendriks  is emotionally out-of-control at times on the mound. Hard to tell if he is serious or not about anything.

In the prior inning after striking out a batter Hendriks yelled some expletive starting with F.

What was the speed of the pitch that Buxton jacked?

Without  knowing the speed, it looked like a typical Hendriks high fastball, the kind that has been pasted by good fastball hitters like Buxton.

Buxton gets the credit. That was not a get me over fastball. It was the best Hendriks currently has in his arsenal. ...a fast but flattened out fastball.

Ruiz probably would not have fared better, but , as with most other quibbles with in-game decisions, hindsight is always 20/20. 

I wonder if Hendriks will be available for the next game. No word on that yet.

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Day to day, but we left him out there!

[hi8is]

  On 4/26/2022 at 8:25 PM, Balta1701 said:

Because he’s so feisty!!

[ptatc]

  On 4/26/2022 at 8:25 PM, Balta1701 said:

 

Day to day, but we left him out there!

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They just didn't want to blame grandal on the bad throw to the mound. You could see the grimace lunging for the bad throw.

Edited April 26, 2022 by ptatc

[Jake]

  On 4/25/2022 at 9:33 PM, ptatc said:

Distinct possibility.  Back issues can cut short the follow through and tend to make the ball stay up.

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FWIW, Statcast seems to indicate that Hendriks is releasing the ball closer to home plate this year than last year (by about 0.2 feet). Maybe the cause of a back issue? Of course you can release closer to home for reasons besides the follow-through.

[ptatc]

  On 4/26/2022 at 9:36 PM, Jake said:

FWIW, Statcast seems to indicate that Hendriks is releasing the ball closer to home plate this year than last year (by about 0.2 feet). Maybe the cause of a back issue? Of course you can release closer to home for reasons besides the follow-through.

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All of this is true. There are too many variables to pin the injury on it.

Personally I think it was just the lunge on the bad throw from grandal.

[southsider2k5]

  On 4/26/2022 at 8:45 PM, ptatc said:

They just didn't want to blame grandal on the bad throw to the mound. You could see the grimace lunging for the bad throw.

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It looked like he winced on the pitch before it.