J3--The Pitching of Chien-Ming Wang
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Chien-Ming Wang is a sinkerball pitcher. His sinker and four-seam fastball combination typically sits between 92mph and 95mph, and can hit speeds up to 97 mph. In the major leagues, Wang throws his sinker almost exclusively to both right and lefthanders. Wang features an improving mid-eighties slider, which he throws primarily to righthanders. Wang also possesses a low eighties split-fingered fastball/forkball that he will occasionally throw to lefties. Wang's splitter is a distant third pitch, and it is considered to be a work-in-progress. Wang's pitching style is characterized by efficiency, command of the strike zone, few walks, few home runs allowed and very few strikeouts. Wang works quickly and uses his groundball inducing sinker to produce many double plays. This efficiency often allows Wang to maintain a low pitch count deep into games. Since his promotion to the major leagues, Wang is considered to have vastly improved his effectiveness out of the stretch and his ability to avoid getting distracted by runners on base, a problem that had affected him earlier in the year.
In Taiwan and the minor leagues, Wang threw a more conventional assortment of pitches, including a four-seam fastball, a changeup, and far more splitters. The sinker, which has become Wang's signature pitch, was developed during his minor league career with advice from former Yankee pitcher and pitching coach, Mel Stottlemyre.
Summary:
Chien-Ming Wang has stood out in the Major Leagues because of his unbeatable sinkerball which, as well as his four-seam fastball, often go between 92 mph and 95 mph and sometimes up to 97 mph. In addition to his primary weapons, he throws sliders, forkballs, and splitters. The features of his pitching are efficiency, accuracy, few homeruns allowed, and very few strikeouts. Though with few strikeouts, by his sinkers, Wang always induces the hitter to produce groundballs, and which sometimes leads to double play. As a result, he doesn’t have to throw many every inning; this is how his efficiency works. Wang has improved greatly, especially in his calmness to deal with the hitter while there are runners on bases. It’s not the problem for him anymore.
In Taiwan and minor league, Wang used to throw four-seam fastballs, changeups, and splitters. It was not until being instructed by the former Yankee pitcher and pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre, did Wang develop his invincible sinker.
Search engine: Wikipedia
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chien-Ming_Wang
Chien-Ming Wang is a sinkerball pitcher. His sinker and four-seam fastball combination typically sits between 92mph and 95mph, and can hit speeds up to 97 mph. In the major leagues, Wang throws his sinker almost exclusively to both right and lefthanders. Wang features an improving mid-eighties slider, which he throws primarily to righthanders. Wang also possesses a low eighties split-fingered fastball/forkball that he will occasionally throw to lefties. Wang's splitter is a distant third pitch, and it is considered to be a work-in-progress. Wang's pitching style is characterized by efficiency, command of the strike zone, few walks, few home runs allowed and very few strikeouts. Wang works quickly and uses his groundball inducing sinker to produce many double plays. This efficiency often allows Wang to maintain a low pitch count deep into games. Since his promotion to the major leagues, Wang is considered to have vastly improved his effectiveness out of the stretch and his ability to avoid getting distracted by runners on base, a problem that had affected him earlier in the year.
In Taiwan and the minor leagues, Wang threw a more conventional assortment of pitches, including a four-seam fastball, a changeup, and far more splitters. The sinker, which has become Wang's signature pitch, was developed during his minor league career with advice from former Yankee pitcher and pitching coach, Mel Stottlemyre.
Summary:
Chien-Ming Wang has stood out in the Major Leagues because of his unbeatable sinkerball which, as well as his four-seam fastball, often go between 92 mph and 95 mph and sometimes up to 97 mph. In addition to his primary weapons, he throws sliders, forkballs, and splitters. The features of his pitching are efficiency, accuracy, few homeruns allowed, and very few strikeouts. Though with few strikeouts, by his sinkers, Wang always induces the hitter to produce groundballs, and which sometimes leads to double play. As a result, he doesn’t have to throw many every inning; this is how his efficiency works. Wang has improved greatly, especially in his calmness to deal with the hitter while there are runners on bases. It’s not the problem for him anymore.
In Taiwan and minor league, Wang used to throw four-seam fastballs, changeups, and splitters. It was not until being instructed by the former Yankee pitcher and pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre, did Wang develop his invincible sinker.
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