The Cubs have Jon Lester working on bouncing throws to first base on batted balls. Here’s coach Brian Butterfield:
“We’ve worked the skip pass on the third base side, where there’s a little bit more distance,” he said, “and we’ve also worked it on the first base side, where he can get his body turned around and just short arm stroke, almost like throwing a dart and getting that skip. We’ve also worked the comebacker throwing the ball to second base with a skip.”
Lester also was working with Navarro instead of regular first baseman Anthony Rizzo.
If the concept is successful, it would give manager Joe Maddon more options when it comes to aligning his defense in certain situations. It also would make life easier on Rizzo, third baseman Kris Bryant and catcher Willson Contreras while Lester is on the mound.
The article makes it sound like a pitcher changing his motion to make a proper throw to a base is a difficult task. If so, the great majority of pitchers master it quite easily.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2D3gcbl
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