Chien Ming Wang Looking Sharp
After a rough first outing this spring, Chien Ming Wang bounced back with an excellent performance in his second spring training start.
He credited his improvement to some advice from Yankees pitching coach, Ron Guidry.
Photo by the AP
Guidry noticed that Wang's arm angle was dropping in his first outing, which was causing his sinker to stay up in the zone. He told Wang to keep his arm angle up, which would help his sinker stay down.
The results were impressive. Wang pitched four scoreless innings and struck out 3 batters.
It's quite possible that Chien Ming Wang could end up being the Yankees ace this season.
Jaret Wright got roughed up in his last start and has never really looked comfortable since joining the Yankees last off season.
Carl Pavano has a big contract and is thought to have tremendous potential, but other than a good performance against the Yankees in the 2003 World Series, I just haven't seen any signs of him being a dominant pitcher anytime soon.
Look for Chien Ming Wang and Shawn Chacon to be the leaders of the Yankees this year. And let's hope that Randy Johnson and Mike Mussina surprise all of us with good seasons.
Actually, Mussina is in the last year of his contract and is strongly motivated to earn one last contract before retiring.
- Joshua
InsideTheYankees.com
He credited his improvement to some advice from Yankees pitching coach, Ron Guidry.
Photo by the AP
Guidry noticed that Wang's arm angle was dropping in his first outing, which was causing his sinker to stay up in the zone. He told Wang to keep his arm angle up, which would help his sinker stay down.
The results were impressive. Wang pitched four scoreless innings and struck out 3 batters.
It's quite possible that Chien Ming Wang could end up being the Yankees ace this season.
Jaret Wright got roughed up in his last start and has never really looked comfortable since joining the Yankees last off season.
Carl Pavano has a big contract and is thought to have tremendous potential, but other than a good performance against the Yankees in the 2003 World Series, I just haven't seen any signs of him being a dominant pitcher anytime soon.
Look for Chien Ming Wang and Shawn Chacon to be the leaders of the Yankees this year. And let's hope that Randy Johnson and Mike Mussina surprise all of us with good seasons.
Actually, Mussina is in the last year of his contract and is strongly motivated to earn one last contract before retiring.
- Joshua
InsideTheYankees.com
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