Random (and positive!!) pitching thoughts

[whitesoxfan101]

First of all, I don't know what the hell was wrong with Vasquez the last couple years. Other than the 5th inning against Toronto when he was tipping his pitches (yes I believe he was), this guy has been very good and I assume the more work he does with Coop and AJ the better he will get. He just seems to use all his pitches so well and does a nice job locating them.

 

I had a very bad day yesterday so I didn't get to comment on Garland at all. I actually thought that after the first couple innings he was very good. Jon seemed to all of a sudden remember he had a changeup, and threw a few NASTY ones which the bottom fell out of to keep the hitters off balance. He also really had good velocity on the 4 seamer and seems to be coming around with his location. I'm very interested to see his next start, I'm very encouraged about Jon right now.

 

Finally, Cliff Polite. Actually his last 2 outings have encouraged me, despite the fact they have also been a bit shaky. His velocity seems to be there for the first time all year, however the problem is his location is not. I always say I worry more about lacking velocity (See: Garcia, Freddy at times this year) than lacking control when it comes to established pitchers, so hopefully Cliff bounces back to be a big part of the pen and finds that control, because his stuff is there.

 

Just some thoughts, feel free to comment. Hopefully we can win tomorrow and take the series so I can officially erase Monday's game from my memory bank.