Over at the Hardball Times, Carlos Gomez--the same guy who broke down Neshek's mechanics--broke down Mark Prior's mechanics. The frame-by-frame breakdown is really interesting. Very generally speaking, Prior's delivery used to be more powerful and violent. Now, he appears to be more ginger with his delivery, and as a result his tempo has really slowed down and his finish is much less aggressive. He's probably trying to protect his arm, but changing his mechanics--to me--won't help. In order to create the same velocity, his arm will be taxed more heavily. Either way, what a sad story he's become.
On a related note, I hope Francisco Liriano continues with his extremely aggresive mechanics. Those mechanics are what make him dominant, and unless someone can prove it was his mechanics that caused his injury, why change anything?
Twins Notes:
Carlos Silva has pitched well so far this year. He had a nice outing going again tonight until he gave up a three-run homer to Richie Sexson. Now he's just given up a couple singles to start the 7th. Silva has racked up a few K's tonight, which is somewhat surprising. He's still really hittable. I wouldn't put a whole lot of stock in anything Silva has done thus far.
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I'm wondering how Liriano will be next year? I know the team plans on changing his delivery some so it's not so violent, thus not so hard on the elbow and forearm. I guess we will see.
How bout King Felix leaving last nights game with elbow tightness. Hopefully it is nothing too serious. He sure did look awful in the first inning thought.
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