Rick Peterson
Rick Peterson
Erick Harding "Rick" Petersonis the Director of Pitching Development for the Baltimore Orioles, as well as a former pitcher and pitching coach in Major League Baseball. He was a pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, but is most notable as the pitching coach for the Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, and the Milwaukee Brewers. Peterson is known for his unique use of biomechanical research and psychological principles to help pitchers improve their pitching motions. His nicknames include "The Jacket"and "The...
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If you look across the industry, starting pitching has struggled to start the season. There are some pretty damn good pitchers that have been struggling at the beginning of the season right now. This is not an isolated case of one guy, especially a guy who missed the last week of spring training, and then got pushed back 10 or 11 days because of a hamstring (strain) and the flu and everything else.
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It was a big step forward. He had command of all his pitches. He had a lot of stamina. All in all, it was a good day.
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There are always going to be spikes of inconsistency. Getting through the first year without a setback is huge.
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To me, that was worth the whole trip. I think he understands that young pitchers who settle into the big leagues quickly settle in not because they're fastball-curveball (pitchers) but because they're fastball-changeup.
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I don't think he's the same guy in his first four starts that he was in spring training. I think he's heading in that direction, but he's not there right now.
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We're going to wait and see how it is. They're looking at the shoe right now, and were going through how the shoe felt. It felt better. It's always still an adjustment. In fact, it felt great, and that's the biggest factor of all.
activity bit recovery
The recovery day is every bit as important as the activity day.
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I got to know him very well. He is a great guy.
I don't know why. But if we weren't that way, we'd be way out of it by now.
giant small step
One small step for Pedro, one giant step for the Mets.
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Personally, I think people make playing in New York a bigger deal than it really is.
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This puts him on track to open all our options.
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I felt, ... like I got kicked in the soul.
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From the first day I've been here, and it's true with everyone, you get linked to your past. But when people ask your opinion of someone that you haven't seen perform for a long period of time, no matter who it is, your opinion has no value.