Red Sox Pitching coach analyzes each of the pitchers to the Globe’s Nick Cafardo. Here are some highlights:
Lester- He’s gone from being very deliberate – and I’m not saying he was unsure of himself – to one who attacks hitters, and his pace of game is at a much brisker pace now.
Wake- He’s done a tremendous job on his slide step and holding runners on. He’s considerably faster to the plate than a year ago, which allows us to throw out some runners.
Buchholz – If he trusts his stuff and doesn’t feel that he has to overthrow to generate extra velocity, he’ll be successful.
Okajima-I think as he came into this season, there was a tendency to pace himself a little bit to get through the full year, but while that was happening, the sharpness to his stuff wasn’t quite what it was a year ago.
Farrell goes through the entire staff with some insight on his approach to each pitcher, well worth the read.
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