Article: Can Ryan Pressly Put It All Together?

[Twodogs]

Idk, I'll give him a chance for sure, seems like his only really bad year was last year? Still has the stuff, seemed to do ok the previous 3 or so years, kinda hard to give up on him.

[DocBauer]

Sounds to me that he needs to back off the gas on his breaking pitches which should help them break more effectively.  Similar analogy would be a bowler that throws too hard and the spin of the ball is not able to overcome the overall speed and therefore does not hook as much as it could.

 

I've stated this myself a few times previously. Throwing hard is great, but straight and not enough secondary stuff gets you killed. I sometimes think he just tries too hard to be dominant rather than consistent. The stuff is there!

[USAFChief]

Sounds to me that he needs to back off the gas on his breaking pitches which should help them break more effectively. Similar analogy would be a bowler that throws too hard and the spin of the ball is not able to overcome the overall speed and therefore does not hook as much as it could.

 

I don’t think Jason Belmonte* agrees about the speed of a bowling ball limiting hook.

 

*probably the world’s best bowler

[kab21]

Pressly might be a guy that doesn't figure it out but he is also the kind of guy that I give extra chances to.

 

He led the Twins in both velocity and swstr% last season. It might be that he just makes too many mistake pitches even if overall he fools hitters but this is the kind of guy that tweaks one little thing and becomes dominant.

Just my two cents.

[ashbury]

*probably the world’s best bowler

Takes one to know one, bub.