Comments on: I sure hope Madison Bumgarner gets going http://baybridgebaseball.com/2011/04/i-sure-hope-madison-bumgarner-gets-going/ An A's-Giants blog Sat, 18 May 2013 11:46:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Andrew Staples http://baybridgebaseball.com/2011/04/i-sure-hope-madison-bumgarner-gets-going/comment-page-1/#comment-4031 Andrew Staples Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:25:05 +0000 http://baybridgebaseball.com/?p=2467#comment-4031 Jeff, I think MadBum will be ok long-term. This is not a situation like Spring 2010 where his arm strength wasn't there and his stuff looked terrible. He is is throwing in the low 90s and has movement. He'll be fine. So far, he has just missed spots and pitched into a little bad luck. Having said that, I think for him to take the "next step" to all-star type pitcher he needs to come up with another pitch for right-handed hitters. Right now he is fastball, cutter/slider and that's it. It's all hard stuff and the league is adjusting. I welcome your thoughts. -Andrew Jeff,

I think MadBum will be ok long-term. This is not a situation like Spring 2010 where his arm strength wasn’t there and his stuff looked terrible. He is is throwing in the low 90s and has movement. He’ll be fine. So far, he has just missed spots and pitched into a little bad luck.

Having said that, I think for him to take the “next step” to all-star type pitcher he needs to come up with another pitch for right-handed hitters. Right now he is fastball, cutter/slider and that’s it. It’s all hard stuff and the league is adjusting.

I welcome your thoughts.

-Andrew

]]>