Rothschild To Return
Submitted by cubsnet on Tue, 2006-10-17 22:37.
As Bruce Miles of the Daily Herald reported this morning would likely happen, the Cubs have signed Larry Rothschild to a two-year contract to return as pitching coach, reports the Chicago Tribune's Paul Sullivan (hat tip: Chicago Cubs Online).
Was Rothschild a cause or an almost victim of the Cubs staff's inability to control the strike zone? It's impossible to say from our vantage point. I was looking forward to a change in direction. But Jim Hendry and Lou Piniella obviously remain confident in Rothschild. Let's hope that confidence pays dividends.
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Rothschild Needs to Teach the Curve and Changeup
With the news that Larry Rothschild is back, and his hopes that fortunes will change, will he please work with pitchers to develop other pitches to end an over dependency on the slider. I watch a lot of baseball and Cubs pitchers seem to use the slider as their offspeed pitch more than any other team it seems. I heard a color analyst in a playoff game recently say that sliders are more easy to hit than curves or changeups because they are similar in speed to the fastball. I noticed David Aardsma late last season looking brilliant mixing in slow curves and change-ups along with his overpowering fastball. Need more recent history? Look at Jeff Suppan's performance in game 7 of the NLCS last night.