Cole Hamels

Looks good to me, this kid is nasty.
Young pitchers should watch how well he hides the ball until release.

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I talked with Cole in Fl when my son went to pitch a GCL game against the Phils team. He was rehabbing at the time. He was a very nice kid.

I like his delivery. I like the way he sits yet stays back as he strides and then everything flows in sync.

Might just be the camera angle but it look like he's doing the typical lefty move of striding pretty closed and throwing across his body a bit. That's one of those things where you trade extra stress on the arm for more movement/angle on the pitch.

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Originally posted by CADad:
Might just be the camera angle but it look like he's doing the typical lefty move of striding pretty closed and throwing across his body a bit. That's one of those things where you trade extra stress on the arm for more movement/angle on the pitch.

It sure looks to me like he strides fairly closed.

If you look at this clip frame by frame you'll see that he has a huge hip/shoulder differential. His hips rotate well before his shoulders. That's probably why he can throw so hard (but not look like he's throwing so hard).

I just read a report that Hamels is having problems with his shoulder.

I wonder if it's just a coincidence that CADad saw that there is something funny about his mechanics.

Good drop and drive to create velocity.

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Originally posted by TPBulldogs35:
Good drop and drive to create velocity.

We could argue about whether he talls-and-falls or drops-and-drives all day, but let me just say that he doesn't drop nearly as much as Seaver did. Seaver's back knee often brushed the ground, but I don't see Hamels' knee ever getting less than 1 foot off the ground.

Also, his velocity doesn't come from either his drop or his drive (if any). Instead, it comes from the separation between his hips and his shoulders. This stretches the muscles of the torso and enables them to powerfully pull his shoulders around.

Good call CADAD!

He also has a track record of injuries.

Sorry to see that Hamels went on the DL yesterday

As a Phillies fan I was very excited to see him get called up. And then, of course, to pitch as well as he did. Bummer he went on the DL.

Baseballbum, what other injuries has he had?