http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/05/carlos-rodons-development-all-about-control/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Wed, 05 Dec 2018 22:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/05/carlos-rodons-development-all-about-control/#comment-11591 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 06:03:07 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=3787#comment-11591 […] not see at least a little bit of luck, but there’s still plenty there to get excited about. When I spoke to Don Cooper about Rodon’s development two years ago, the White Sox pitching coach simplified things, as he’s wont to […]

]]> http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/05/carlos-rodons-development-all-about-control/#comment-5017 Tue, 04 Jul 2017 06:49:03 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=3787#comment-5017 […] Don Cooper told me last year that one of the keys to Rodon reaching his potential was to get his first pitch strike percentage up to 60 percent, which is about league average. Including his 2017 debut against the Yankees, Rodon’s career first pitch strike percentage was 53.4 percent. In Monday’s win, he started 17 of the 27 batters he faced with a strike (62.9 percent). […]

]]> http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/05/carlos-rodons-development-all-about-control/#comment-1739 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:38:20 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=3787#comment-1739 […] may be overthinking it all, or at the least, focusing on details rather than the big picture. When Collin Whitchurch spoke to Don Cooper at the beginning of July, the legendary pitching coach didn’t speak about varying his slider, […]

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