Padres Closer Kirby Yates on Adding New Pitches, Baseball in 2020, and More
Padres closer Kirby Yates joins Michael Beller and Derek VanRiper on this episode of The Athletic Fantasy Baseball Podcast. The guys talk about Yates' mastering of a splitter, and how one new pitch can open up an entire arsenal. They also dive into baseball's plans for 2020, and the outlook for the Padres. Plus, Beller and DVR discuss players who could follow Yates' path and add a new offering to their pitch mix to great effect this season.
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Show Notes
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1:06 Kirby Yates Joins the Show
1:57 Yates' Mastery of the Splitter
4:24 Chasing Out of the Zone vs. A Swing-and-Miss in the Zone
7:14 How the Arizona Plan Could Affect Pitchers
9:19 Who on the Padres Could Surprise Us?
11:36 Organizational Differences in Coaching and Player Development
13:23 'F-Bomb Moms'
16:21 DVR on Oliver Drake Following the Yates Example
21:11 Could We See More Splitter from Yu Darvish?
27:22 Tyler Mahle a Sleeper in Cincinnati
31:25 The Dodgers Love Changeups
36:30 How Luke Weaver Can Build on 2019
39:08 Beller is All-In on Lucas Giolito
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