 Before we get into the video Let's go over the pitch mix real quick. So what do you what do you got? so Forcing the two-seam fastball throw Probably 10 to 15 percent more two-seamers Or I'm sorry about double the amount of two-seamers than four-seamers So in the overall pitch mix is about 15 to 20 percent more and then Slider and curveball both and then a change up as well the changey. I love it The change up from the right hander right on right, but doesn't get thrown that often I think we might see those in this event It was a big switch for me. I want to say it was in 2015 whenever Neil Allen came over for the first time from Tampa. He worked a lot with Odorizi David Price and Alex Cobb on throwing that the same on same change up And it was something I want to do and when I talked to him about it It was the first thing he talked to me about in the off-season and I had already had on my mind So I was excited about it and it's something that I feel like it really Probably my best tunneling combo is my change up and two-seam are awful one or the other. It's great It's a great combo. It's tough. I mean Especially like you said if you're tunneling those and there's coming out and just the difference in speed alone Is it's tough, but then you know the change it's obviously gonna tumble a little bit more Love that pitch But let's Let's get to the video right now. We see our guy He does hell bulldoze. He's out there. He must have just made a play. He's he probably rubbed that dirt on himself More than likely he has to be dirty Yeah, that's just how he is man pretty boy does you gotta get that Jersey dirty Okay, so this is 2018 this is at Fenway you are in the bottom of the eighth inning About to go over your Highest pitch count ever Yeah, look who walks up to the plate This is probably one of my favorite games. I've ever been a part of big bad JD I Walk walked in that day and I was talking with with Garvin I was like Garvin I've been in the eighth one time before here and I got to sing sweet Caroline on the Mount so I'm gonna try to do that again tonight and Sure enough, man, I got the chance to do it. It was pretty cool. That's pretty funny. That's pretty good right there Yeah, obviously even dealing in this game, but then you look at this guy stats Yeah, he was he was dangerous that year. I mean he's been a dangerous hitter ever since they got to Detroit, so You know, he's a guy that I've faced quite a bit, you know with Detroit and then with Boston at least once or twice a year So we've seen each other a lot too and that's what makes you know the cad mask game even more fun Yeah, anytime you see a guy walking up with a one dot after his OPS It's like, okay, this is gonna be a battle right here Yeah, but you're up for it. You're obviously throwing a good game. So here we go He's digging in You know the best part too is that this is third at bat, you know and and You're trying and you're trying to think back at the other bats I mean one at bat is just it's never it's never Separate from another and unless it's the first about of the day and even then you're thinking back to other about you That so I mean this is his third of that. I don't remember what he's done I know he hit it. I think he hit one of his the best was a bullet to center field that was caught but You know, so yeah, it's a one-run game and you just saw like I'm bouncing a slider first pitch I'm not taking you know I'm trying to feel best pitch available right now because if I walk him or he gets on base or if I get him out It's my last header. So we're going for it right away You're calling for and this is a guy and tell me if I'm wrong here But I feel like a guy like this with his swing path kind of matches up well against the two-seed Yeah, so you got a lot of down. Yeah. Yeah digging your bag of tricks here Yeah, so first pitch. We'll see it again. This is a curve ball Or a slider. Yeah, so anyone so that was a curve ball Sometimes with him change of pace this slower breaking ball especially first pitch is a little bit better Yeah, he has his past days to his own so long that if you flip in a slider It could be the right speed to where it catches the barrel off front and it's a tie ball game So 1-0 has a hitter you get that I mean it's the best pitch you can get as a hitter You're like 1-0 you just spiked a curve ball. Oh, you spiked a curve ball here. I am 1-0 But again because this is a third bat you kind of third at bat You kind of have to be thinking a little bit differently even as a hitter. You're like, okay Yeah, probably not going to get that fast ball out of the play right here. That's a changey Change up. Oh, that's a great pitch So, I mean there's what we just talked about right so more than likely, you know I've gone in on him so much over the years So he's seeing that pitch right there He knows I want to do it and he knows I mean for me if I'm trying to either get a quick out or keep the ball in The ballpark, that's the pitch right there against right a sinker in and if you get the head out You might hit a line drive into the outfield and if you really catch it then you're at a homer But a lot of times it's gonna be a hard ground ball made for a base hit So he's got to get it ready, you know That might be the only fastball he gets so he was ready for yes, you know, thankfully it was a changeup right there That's an excellent pitch. I was located perfect pitch He's thinking right now like what the Man Bobby run the same page all night and he was Bobby was good back there this night The 1-1 and that's a and that's a I mean the great take right right off the change up I mean it looks either like the fastball down and away or the change up and he barely Even moved I think the strike for so long He shut it down Good hitter. Yeah, really good. I Might have swung this of that But I mean same thing. That's not the first slider. He's seen today So it's like I mean it's you know, I haven't gone back to watch the rest of this game Do you see what I did? But more than likely there's a reason why he's like, okay? There's no way he's gonna go You know for Simmer definitely and he's probably not coming in on this one 1-1 so let's just I mean he's a really good hitter So he's seeing it, you know Sooner than other guys So this count to one after those after that breaking ball early in the game probably looking for something hard out over the plate But again, this is that perfect time for that combo. I don't know what you do, but Yeah, I don't know what I do either. But as I'm sitting here thinking about it This is a great time for the inside heater Right so because he saw the curve ball first pitch the change of the next pitch and he laid off a good slider So in my mind right now as I think through this if he's gonna lay off that good slider and not even like have to check His swing up front. It's time to to see if he's ready for the heater. So you think me and not away Yeah, cuz he's looking away Yep, you want to beat him in? Okay. Yeah to one. Let's see what you got here. I Saw it right away Good change up Not located great. I'm not happy with it though. I'm not happy with it He could easily work that thing where'd that pitch go and the video broke up. Where'd that pitch go? Oh So he just missed it. Yeah, he's not happy with it. He was out front enough though So I mean in that situation, you know as a hitter like he can't sit on a righty righty change up right there Mm-hmm. He's got to be able to hit. It's it's a two-to-one ballgame He's got to be able to hit the heater So thankfully he was geared up enough for the heater that it gave me the chance to throw really not that good a one and Get away with it. Yeah, and that's probably your fifth pitch Percentage wise so it's tough to go up there. Yeah, I'm gonna sit on his fifth pitch. Yeah, so you definitely got away with one location wise Yeah Yeah, we got to do a good pitch and you're I mean if you just look at the case on like where you spread the ball out I mean mostly down in a way that one was up by accident Yep We'll see where you go here To this is a this is a slide ball down in a way. I see the fingers Yes, and your And you look at the difference in that one and the one that he took right and the one that he took was more off the plate He knows right there that could be the heater and it could be the changeup both of them And he has to respect all three pitches right there being a two-strike count So but that one wasn't so much of a better one I actually got the swing because it was more on the plate early So it probably started, you know, right where that change up in the inside fastball would start versus You know down the middle like the first one, you know, that's that's in or half right there And he's he's got to make a decision right now either my hips have to go and get to it I'm gonna get jammed on a heater and if it's the slider He's gonna have you know too much is gonna be gone to be able to he's gonna run out of that basically Yeah, I mean there's really nothing you can do with this pitch where you put it because you can see right here Like he said it looks like a middle end and he's got to pick the direction That's gonna go and then the problem is is this pitch just falls off the table mm-hmm And I mean that was you know that wasn't even off the plate that was that was on the plate in the k-zone So I mean he you know it made him make a decision and he'd already seen two change ups too So that's the thing that I've really found with my change up righty righty is that it's made my slider a little bit better Because you know hitters have to make that decision is it gonna go underneath my bat in or underneath my battle way You know if you're looking for that slider away, and it's a change up in there's no way you're gonna square that up It's gonna be a ground ball. I'm just gonna go underneath your hands So it's similar to what you can do with a lefty You know if you're primarily a change-up guy with a lot of good ones going down in a way And you throw that slider down and in it doesn't even have to be that good of a pitch all the time because it'll go Into their hands and underneath the barrel It's tough to be a hitter whenever I hear you guys talk You know I always say this but you guys control all the variables It's like as a hitter you just have to try to figure it out You know or get lucky that you miss a spot whatever it is But like you said on the outset of the show if you make your pitches And you know what it does matter being you know I've always been talking in the last few years why I didn't have that many strikeouts You know you don't get a strikeouts a lot in 2-2 and 3-2 counts You get them in 0-2 1-2 and sometimes in 2-2 depending on your bat And I mean when you can dictate how in a bat goes as a pitcher Well, then you can work the sequences you want to work if you're throwing in you know 1-0 2-1 3-1 counts and you're having to battle back in the count. You're not dictating me about whatsoever The hitter is deciding what he's gonna swing at and if you throw the pitch he wants to swing at then He's gonna swing out and hit it hard And if you by chance are on a different page is him then you can get away with some strikes Maybe flipping a curveball maybe get away with a change up that you know the hitter just gets locked up on But when you're battling from behind you're just not dictating me about it on you can't you can't go through the report And you can't go through the game plan you want to go through I'm sure it's like this the opposite of this for a pitchers But as a hitter and you're going get it feels like you're in all of the 1-0 2-0 counts Like every a bat you're like yeah hitters count and then when you're going poorly it's like dude I feel like I'm stepping in the box 0-2 Let's just kind of yeah, it's it's that mindset right like one one is such an even count But when you're not going good as a pitcher one one feels like two one Feels like man I gotta throw a strike here because I don't want to go to one again You know and because then you get the two one and it feels like you know You're in a 3-1 3-0 count and you know, there's nothing you can throw that the guy's not gonna hit So it's definitely when you can get in those situations, you know where you're working ahead I know it sounds so cliche, but it's it really changes your mindset a lot All right, well that wraps up at bat number one with the professor One of the professors Kyle Gibson man appreciate it. Yeah, appreciate it, Chuck