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Old 04-19-2009, 04:42 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by EMSoccerCoach View Post
Dan Plesac did a great breakdown of his delivery last night on MLB Network. He agrees with you that something is bothering him. I think Plesac's the best guy on the network. Leiter, too. If you can catch it on the replay, give it a look. It may not be everything, but his delivery is definitely different than last year. He's not as straight on the right leg, left leg isn't coming up as high. Basically he's releasing from a lower point and it's stopping the movement on his pitches.

At this point, you need to be concerned about him.
The orioles' Chris Ray throws harder than Wang but he relies a lot on his movement to get hitters out. He was struggling and getting lit up early when the pitching coach saw that his arm slot was just slightly lower than before. He made the adjustment and he's lights out again. It's possible it could be something as minor as this.
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