The Jays had yet to acquire José Berríos through trade and the team’s starting pitching was still a glaring weakness, not the strength it is today. The freak mishap cost him three starts and potentially upwards of 18 to 24 innings.Īt the time, the injury was considered yet another blow to a team that had been riddled with medical issues for most of the season. Manoah went over three weeks between outings after he slipped on the dugout steps at Sahlen Field in Buffalo in the days that followed the all-star break.
Haren tweeted, “I pitched a few seasons completely out of the stretch actually, just not by choice.” Weaver responded, “Sometimes I would just step off and throw the ball in the gap myself because I knew the hitter would do it anyways.Teams never want to see their players get hurt, but an injury to Alek Manoah in mid-July has turned out to be a blessing in disguise for both the Blue Jays and their rookie right-hander. In response to Moura’s tweet about Wood, retired pitchers Dan Haren and Jered Weaver took the opportunity to burn themselves. Interestingly, Wood indeed has had better results with runners on base - when he would pitch out of the stretch - as opposed to the bases being empty, with a respective OPS allowed of. That’s a mighty fine season, one in which many pitchers would not dare to mess with something that isn’t broken. Wood, 27, finished last season 16-3 with a 2.72 ERA and a 151/38 K/BB ratio in 152 1/3 innings. Wood got the idea when he watched Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg pitch against the Dodgers. Pedro Moura of The Athletic reports that Dodgers starter Alex Wood plans to pitch out of the stretch throughout the 2018 season.
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