Gallagher takes off running on contact too, so I'm not sure I'd put it all on Dyson, regardless, a guy like Lopez really needs to be great at bunting. Kinda disappointed Singer's not working his change in more, thought maybe that would be an imperative early on in the season. Wonder if the Royals are asking him to throw it at all or they're just letting him go with what he's comfortable with.
I'm really interested to see how effective Kowar's fastball is. With Kowar, Lynch, and Hernandez, the problem with all of them from what I've seen at the MLB level or Spring Training, has been that their fastballs are too hittable, despite upper 90s velocity. Singer, for all of his imperfections, has a lot of movement and life to his fastball, even tho its thrown a few mph less than his peers. Singer's movement combined with Kowar's change combined with Lynch's slider combined with Hernandez's velocity would be a Cy Young.....
I'm wondering if Kowar has had any increase in his fastball spin rate. AAA hitters obviously haven't found it easy to hit.
Gallagher takes off running on contact too, so I'm not sure I'd put it all on Dyson, regardless, a guy like Lopez really needs to be great at bunting. Kinda disappointed Singer's not working his change in more, thought maybe that would be an imperative early on in the season. Wonder if the Royals are asking him to throw it at all or they're just letting him go with what he's comfortable with.
I'm really interested to see how effective Kowar's fastball is. With Kowar, Lynch, and Hernandez, the problem with all of them from what I've seen at the MLB level or Spring Training, has been that their fastballs are too hittable, despite upper 90s velocity. Singer, for all of his imperfections, has a lot of movement and life to his fastball, even tho its thrown a few mph less than his peers. Singer's movement combined with Kowar's change combined with Lynch's slider combined with Hernandez's velocity would be a Cy Young.....
I'm wondering if Kowar has had any increase in his fastball spin rate. AAA hitters obviously haven't found it easy to hit.