“I don’t know if he’s told you about some of the technology he’s been using,” Cobble relayed by phone on Wednesday. AdvertisementFor Heaney, however, who purchased a Rapsodo device and an accompanying motion-capture camera of his own for the first time this winter, the machine represented something of a shift. pic.twitter.com/Ikhd3EkJUB — Andrew Heaney (@Heandog8) February 13, 2021That kind of self-critique was hardly ever called for early in Heaney’s career. Advertisement“The big thing for Andrew, for me, is to really understand how to utilize his weapons and how to put hitters away,” Angels manager Joe Maddon said. “I wasn’t specifically working on any single pitch,” said Heaney, who couples a deceptive high-spin fastball with a light-breaking curveball and changeup.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 18, 2021 00:38 UTC