Comments on: Padilla’s Fastballs

By: Alireza

Alireza — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:03:57 +0000

That pitch even had Victorino laughing. It was basically an Eephus. Even if Shane made contact, I don’t think the ball would have gone very far.

By: matthew

matthew — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:53:26 +0000

ya that would be great!!

like what he did to get the leftys that hes been horrible in his career against out with and stuff.. he was throwing 97 in the 8th inning!!!!! with a great cutter slider i never knew he had… and a 55 MPH CURVE that got a Swing and miss!

By: Tripon

Tripon — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:32:07 +0000

Can we get an analysis of Padilla’s start on Sat.?

By: steve

steve — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:02:45 +0000

i think Padilla prefers highballs

By: nick

nick — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:58:57 +0000

yeah, throwing close to 90% FB–sitting 94-96, with late movement–if you can do that, one pitch is all you need.

By: confused

confused — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:26:21 +0000

Can you start making disparaging remarks about Billingsley? We can only hope….

By: confused

confused — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:24:52 +0000

still, i don’t remember anyone saying he had a fourth pitch. I doubt its always gonna be that good, but still. He got a lot of guys looking stupid with it. Did he learn it when he came to LA?

By: Alireza

Alireza — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:03:10 +0000

I think that pitch is more of a cutter. Similar action though

By: confused

confused — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:54:47 +0000

Was he throwing a slider? It seemed like a lot of those strikeouts came on a breaking ball around 88 and with tilt.

By: Alireza

Alireza — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:40:59 +0000

The biggest thing I have seen from Padilla since he joined the Dodgers is that he just seems to be throwing hard more often. Before, he would live in the low 90s and dial it up sometimes. With the Dodgers, he seems to just be chucking everything at 95-98. Also, it would be great if he threw that crazy slow curve he made Victorino look stupid with more often.