http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/01/05/david-goforth-another-bullpen-wild-card/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:53:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/01/05/david-goforth-another-bullpen-wild-card/#comment-5698 Sun, 24 Jan 2016 21:28:14 +0000 http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=3106#comment-5698 Its confusing to me because when they were developing him as a starter in the minors for a while, he also featured a curve ball and a change, both of which he seemed to abandon as a reliever. Relievers often abandon ancillary pitches to focus on two or three better pitches, but in this case it frustrates me. I remember in his first or second outing in the majors, he dropped in a nice get-me-over curve early in a count, you can see that singular curve registered in your Brooksbaseball graph. Its clocked in at just under 80mph. Even if it is not a strike out pitch, it certainly looked good as a change of pace/speed against lefties and even righties. I remember seeing him throw it and thinking “nice, this guy is going to mix in some pitches to gain strikes and change speeds.” He didn’t throw another one for the rest of the season. For a guy who’s main fastball and breaking ball (a slider which is more of a slider/cutter hybrid) only differs in speed about 5 mph, you would think they would instruct him to mix in a slower breaking ball or change up occasionally. Sounds like bad thinking on his part and very poor coaching by the Brewers. Another reason I’m glad Kranitz is gone.

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