Eric Lauer

[Poetlor]

I was at the game against the Dodgers that Eric Lauer pitched in. I watched him closely through my binoculars for the first three innings. His lower body control was all over the place. Sometimes he finished in his stretch on his heels, sometimes on his the front of his foot. His body was not in rhythm at all. HIs upper body was behind his lower body and thus his release point was different in almost every pitch which meant his velocity was down 3 to 4 MPH.  He tried to correct himself by forcing his upper body and arm.  Not good.  I do not know why the coaches are not seeing this.  They need to do a slow motion comparable of his motion now, next to his motion when he was at his best, a side by side. Then slow it all down into segments.

When is his lower body is off and his motion is not in a sequential motion, his pitches like his slider and change up, will not spin or move like they normally do and have a tendency to be straight, thus the result is out of the park.  He needs to try and go back to more of a wind up, and a follow through whereby his release point is more stable and lower. Keep the ball down.

Greg

[Brock Beauchamp]

21 minutes ago, Poetlor said:

I was at the game against the Dodgers that Eric Lauer pitched in. I watched him closely through my binoculars for the first three innings. His lower body control was all over the place. Sometimes he finished in his stretch on his heels, sometimes on his the front of his foot. His body was not in rhythm at all. HIs upper body was behind his lower body and thus his release point was different in almost every pitch which meant his velocity was down 3 to 4 MPH.  He tried to correct himself by forcing his upper body and arm.  Not good.  I do not know why the coaches are not seeing this.  They need to do a slow motion comparable of his motion now, next to his motion when he was at his best, a side by side. Then slow it all down into segments.

When is his lower body is off and his motion is not in a sequential motion, his pitches like his slider and change up, will not spin or move like they normally do and have a tendency to be straight, thus the result is out of the park.  He needs to try and go back to more of a wind up, and a follow through whereby his release point is more stable and lower. Keep the ball down.

Greg

Welcome to the site and thanks for first-hand input!

[SF70]

17 hours ago, Poetlor said:

I was at the game against the Dodgers that Eric Lauer pitched in. I watched him closely through my binoculars for the first three innings. His lower body control was all over the place. Sometimes he finished in his stretch on his heels, sometimes on his the front of his foot. His body was not in rhythm at all. HIs upper body was behind his lower body and thus his release point was different in almost every pitch which meant his velocity was down 3 to 4 MPH.  He tried to correct himself by forcing his upper body and arm.  Not good.  I do not know why the coaches are not seeing this.  They need to do a slow motion comparable of his motion now, next to his motion when he was at his best, a side by side. Then slow it all down into segments.

When is his lower body is off and his motion is not in a sequential motion, his pitches like his slider and change up, will not spin or move like they normally do and have a tendency to be straight, thus the result is out of the park.  He needs to try and go back to more of a wind up, and a follow through whereby his release point is more stable and lower. Keep the ball down.

Greg

The team must know his mechanics are off and have been off all year. The fact of his velo being down 2-3mph and command poor with his arm health being good tells us that.

If this was an easy fix it would have been done by now, imo.

[Thurston Fluff]

Considering the goal was to let him work things out in the bullpen we couldn't have picked a better start in that role to get him on the right path.

[markedman5]

 

[Axman59]

The Lauer/Urias trade has been all over the board in terms of who "won." At times people here declared the Brewers the clear winners. Now, not so much.

WAR for 2023 (to date)

Grisham: 1.1

Lauer: -0.6

Urias: -0.2

 

 

Edit - I'm not suggesting the Padres won. Just pointing out that this has been a moving target.

[Playing Catch]

Lauer strikes me as kind of a classic goofy lefty, doing things his own way... who calls their fastball a "zoom ball"??

I fully expect him to pitch to an 8.00+ ERA for the next 4 or 5 starts in the minors, figure things out, and go on to lead the big club's rotation in WAR in August and September.