So what is up with self right now?

[thekimmer]

Last night in the bottom of the ninth a comment I read from a vandy fan on Friday night came to my mind who said after that game he hoped they were able to face Self again. He perceived that they would be able to hit Self and turns out was he correct in spades.

What was up with him? What was he doing or what did he not have that made him so ineffective?

 

[msstate7]

1 effective pitch that is at a very manageable velocity. He has to develop a pitch to get people off just sitting mid 80s cutter. The cutter is good enough to get a team once, but you don't want batters seeing him more than once imo

 

[Shamoan]

He want from pitching to throwing strikes. He was trading hits for outs....problem is, you can't record an out if they leave the park. Too much meat and it almost caught up to us.

 

[wsjmsu75]

He want from pitching to throwing strikes. He was trading hits for outs....problem is, you can't record an out if they leave the park. Too much meat and it almost caught up to us.

I didn't think the pitch that resulted in the tying HR was such a bad pitch. It was low and inside and had a little bit of break on it. Dude just made a good swing and got all of it. It happens to the best pitchers. I'm just so glad that we were able to weather that storm and come back again. I think I saw Riley in the dugout with his head down after that inning. So glad the team picked him up and now he can forget it and go pitch lights out in Omaha.

 

[basedawg]

Location Location Location, too many pitches with little movement and in their wheel house!

 

[Shamoan]

yeah, that first one was just a great swing right in the batters swing path.

 

[HumpDawgy]

They were tattooing the cutter. You need a 2 seamer or rising fastball to offset the cutter and mix it up with the batters. Or a wicked slider.