[Wang] Instant Analysis: No release for Wang

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http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/instant-analysis-no-release-for-wang-10451/


Chien-Ming Wang just wrapped up his third start of the year, and for the
second time this season, the Yanks’ erstwhile ace failed to make it to the
third inning. Joe Girardi yanked him with one out in the second inning, and I
would be surprised to see Wang make his next start.

On the season, Wang has now gone six innings and has allowed 23 earned runs.
He has given up 23 hits and has just two strike outs on the season. His
sinker is flat; his slider isn’t doing much; and his velocity is down to the
low 90s.

For the Yankees, this turn of events is fairly shocking. Wang won 19 games in
both 2006 and 2007 and had eight victories in 2008 before going down with a
foot injury. The Yankees now look prescient in not locking Wang up to the a
long-deal, but the fact remains that the team needs Wang to right his sinking
ship this year.

We ask again then what is wrong with Chien-Ming Wang? We again turn to Wang’
s release point.


This table highlights two of Wang’s better games and two of his worst games.
The July 30, 2007 appearance was a one-hitter in Boston; the June 10, 2008
series was a ground ball fiesta in Oakland shortly before Wang went down last
year; the two April starts are the two most recent debacles.

Basically, Wang’s arm slot is all over the place this year. In 2007, Wang
was throwing from a lower slot, and he had far more sink and velocity on his
pitches. Last year, something of a down year for Wang prior to the injury, he
was throwing from a consistently higher slot than in 2007. This year, he’s
throwing over his body. He’s coming up and out when he shouldn’t be.

The bigger question though — and the one I can’t really answer — is the
why of it. Is his arm hurt? Is he putting pressure on his shoulder to
compensate for another aching body part? Is he just struggling mightily to
find his release point? Those are questions that Dave Eiland and the Yanks’
 pitching staff have to answer.

For now, I’m not quite sure what to make of this. The Yankees cannot really
in good conscience send Wang out there to face the Red Sox in Fenway next
Friday, but can they risk tossing Phil Hughes into the fire for his first
start of 2009? With an off-day on Thursday, the team could also just skip Wang
’s start, keep Hughes at AAA and hope that a few weeks of work can solve the
sinker-ball specialist’s problems. We’ll find out soon how the Yankees are
going to proceed, but right now, things are not looking up for Chien-Ming
Wang.

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推 Belladonaa:這篇台媒應該會翻
推 laechan:還好都是英文,看不懂至少不會那麼難過
→ OoyaoO:樓上有興趣的話應該馬上就會有人翻了 別難過  囧rz
推 ihsan:放球點越來越高
推 Picoro:所以說 , 去年其實已經有會爆炸的機會 , 只是剛好受傷 ?
→ Picoro:是因為練其它球種所造成的微妙變化嗎 ?
→ windsor:不曉得姿勢是被改了還是他自己不自覺的
推 Beretta:去年受傷前2場有回穩跡象了吧
推 ihsan:他受傷的前一個月有3場ER超過5
→ Picoro:去年剛好是換投教 ...
推 Alexboo:去年剛好是換投教  伸卡出手點要高　球速要慢　同時灌入
→ Picoro:那要問達人 , 在他受傷前"回穩"的場次 , 投球內容的好壞了
→ Alexboo:好好一個王牌被改成這樣　　心痛啊
→ Alexboo:最後王變成糖果wright...換phil變小王..= =
推 Picoro:投教有投教的考量 , 他無非不是希望往更上一層樓
→ Picoro:只不過調整太慢 ... 在3A還可以慢慢調 , MLB上就慘了 ...
推 phix:沒事不要改姿勢啦...Wang現在明顯放球點高 球就壓不下來...
推 Picoro:不然去官網討論區 , 問問看改姿勢的問題 = =?
→ abc12812:改姿勢也未必是投教的主意...
→ Alexboo:如果不是投教的主意..那就表示投教沒發現這個問題
→ Alexboo:那這樣問題又更大...
推 Alexboo:最好的驗證方法就是再改回去啊....哪有丟不好還越改越高的
推 yyhong68:說不定不是投教改姿勢，而是王受傷後，身體記憶沒回來
→ abc12812:樓上在說些什麼? 看不懂你想表達什麼?
→ abc12812:我是說alexboo
→ Alexboo:看不懂就算了~
→ yyhong68:像之前說的，身體出去了，手還在後面，放球點就高了吧？
推 ihsan:知道是一回事，做是另一回事
推 trylin:刻意要拉高手臂會不會是常常手臂沒跟上的原因??
推 Picoro:一旦面臨丟分危機 , 就忘了自己的投球節奏嗎 ...
→ ihsan:天曉得他現在在牛棚跟場上的姿勢有沒有差異
推 kauw:改來改去 好向很簡單的樣子..鄉民:王邊比邊練滑球 不行再改
→ kauw:回伸到底...卻定想改就改?MLB打者真那麼好吃?
→ Alexboo:是不簡單啊 但豈有越放越高的道理..
→ windsor:改縱然不簡單總比放著讓他爆好