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
