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Why it's wise Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland didn't write off Jose Valverde
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| There may be a point Jose Valverde is needed |
posted by Pat Caputo at
7:32 PM
Monday, October 15, 2012
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Pat Caputo is a sports columnist for The Oakland Press. Caputo covered the Tigers from 1986-98, and Lions from 1998-2002 for The Oakland Press before becoming a columnist. Caputo was raised in Birmingham and played baseball and football at Groves High School. His photograph playing high school sports appeared in The Oakland Press. He has won numerous writing awards, including first place in column writing from the Michigan Associated Press and the Michigan Press Association, and from the Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has been named among the Top Ten sports columnists in the nation by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE), and has won honors in four of the APSE's six national award categories. He has garnered top national honors for his column writing and sports writing from the Local Media Association. Caputo, who has resided in Oakland County since he was nine years old, currently lives in Lake Orion. Caputo has a radio show weeknights and weekends on 97.1 FM, The Ticket, which is the flagship station for the Tigers, Lions and Red Wings. He also appears regularly on FOX 2 television on "SportsWorks."
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2 Comments:
Pat, AA does need some work so hopefully he will be used near the end of the game tomorrow. Valverda needs not throw 8 fastballs to the same hitter in the row. I hope the Tigers work on his splitter over the last couple of days.
there seems to be a sharp contrast between Coke and Valverde's struggles, if the Tiger broadcasters are to be believed.
for Coke, Price has commented that his stuff has not waivered this season, but his location has been poor causing him to get battered. solid stuff with better location should give improved results.
Valverde has become a one pitch pitcher. few guys can survive with one pitch, unless like Mariano Rivera, it's one super pitch. Valverde's fastball is not in that category. what happened to the splitter? has he simply lost his feel for it, has no confidence in it, or hurts his arm too much to throw it?
pitchers like hitters go through slumps. a slumping closer in the post season is poison to a team. without his splitter, seems highly doubtful that Valverde can pitch meaningful innings effectively at this point.
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