Okay, so how does 5 swings and misses equate to greater strikeout potential when his slider was the biggest issue leading up to his 'career' year of 2013? Sorry, but after finally having success, why would Rick go back to a pitch he scrapped completely? I understand if he uses it only 5% of the time, and less than his curveball, but 10 out of 93 pitches i just under 11% of the time. This has me scratching my head. The only reason this worked last night is because the Orioles thought he'd scrapped it.. when teams see he's throwing it again, he'll get lit up like before. Try working on a different pitch like a slurve maybe.
