I was watching the Tribe vs Orioles yesterday and seeing Kluber absolutely overwhelm the Orioles, and a familiar thought crossed my mind. When will it dawn on the powers to be that movement and skill make it possible for a lot more pitchers to have success than those who depend on velocity?
Yeah yeah, some pitchers make it without blazing gun numbers, but the fireballers still get a lot more opportunities while skill and movement guys who produce success are ignored. Sure seems to me that for all the talk of how movement and skill can be taught, its not something happening a whole lot. Mebbe the shortage of quality pitching is because too much emphasis is placed on velocity rather than outcome. 