Zoo kawg nkaus Consistency Underscored Shane McClanahan's Dominant Thawj Ib nrab Rau Rays

Shane McClanahan lub caij nyoog tau zoo li qhov kev sib piv ntawm cov lej tau sib sau ua ke zoo li nws qhov kev tawm tsam.

Ntawm lwm tus uas tau tshaj tawm hauv cov ntawv sau tom qab tom qab Rays '4-1 yeej dhau ntawm kev tuaj xyuas Red Sox rau hnub Wednesday hmo ntuj, McClanahan's 10th yeej ntawm lub caij, yog ib txoj hlua nquag ntawm xya qhov kev tawm tsam ntawm rau-ntxiv innings, rau-ntxiv kev tawm tsam. thiab tsis pub ntau tshaj ib qho kev khiav haujlwm. Qhov ntawd sib npaug Minnesota's Johan Santana hauv 2004 rau qhov ntev tshaj plaws xws li streak hauv American League keeb kwm. Ib lub pitcher hauv MLB keeb kwm muaj qhov kev sib tw ntev dua: Sandy Koufax nrog yim xyoo 1962.

Tsis muaj qhov xav tsis thoob Tampa Bay tus thawj coj Kevin Cash tsis tuaj yeem hais qhov zoo txaus txog 25-xyoo-laus tus neeg sab laug, uas yog nws thawj lub caij nyoog puv ntoob hauv qhov loj thiab tau mus rau Los Angeles rau lub lim tiam tom ntej txhua lub hnub qub kev ua si, uas nws yuav pib rau. American League.

"Kuv tsis tuaj yeem xav txog leej twg ua tau zoo dua nws, txoj hauv kev uas nws muaj," nws hais ua ntej McClanahan tawm mus. “Thawj ib nrab khiav tau tshwj xeeb heev. Txawm hais tias koj yog tus ntaus los yog lub pitcher, txhua tus zoo, lawv nrhiav txoj hauv kev kom ua tau zoo thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov Shane tau pom. "

Tom qab qhov yeej ntawm Red Sox uas McClanahan ua haujlwm 6 1/3 innings, tso cai rau ib qho kev khiav, tsis taug kev batter thiab kiv cua rau rau, Nyiaj Ntsuab ntxiv: "Kuv xav tias nws yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws thawj ib nrab ntawm qhov pib pitcher qhov kev ua tau zoo uas kuv tau pom. ”

Zoo npaum li cas? Zoo, McClanahan tau tawm ntawm nws qhov kawg pib ua ntej tag nrho lub hnub qub so 10-3 nrog MLB-zoo tshaj 1.71 ERA uas yog qhov qis tshaj mus rau hauv kev tawg ntawm American League pib pitchers nrog txaus innings kom tsim nyog txij li Boston's Clay Buchholz (kuj. 1.71) nyob rau hauv 2013.

Ntxiv nrog rau kev sib tw loj hauv ERA, McClanahan yog nyob rau saum cov thawj coj (txog Lub Xya Hli 14) hauv kev tawm tsam (147), WHIP (0.80) thiab yog thib ob hauv qhov nruab nrab batting tawm tsam (.176) thiab tawm tsam-rau-taug kev piv (7.74) . Nws 1.55 lub hauv paus ntawm pob rau cuaj innings yog qhov zoo rau peb.

Qhov kawg stat, muab los ntawm tsuas yog 19 qhov kev pub dawb hauv 110 2/3 innings, yog nqis los ntawm lub caij nyoog dhau los ntawm 2.70, uas nws tus kheej yog qhov cim zoo.

Alas, taug kev yog qee yam McClanahan saib tsis taus. Nws tau hais txog nws txoj haujlwm ob peb xyoos dhau los nrog tus kws qhia pitching Kyle Snyder rau qhov txo qis ntawm freebies.

"Kuv nkees heev ntawm kev taug kev tib neeg thiab, thaum kawg, kuv tau nrog Kyle Snyder thiab peb tau ua haujlwm tsis tu ncua dej nyab thaj tsam thiab tua cov phom," nws hais tias, tom qab lub Rau Hli lig yeej dhau ntawm cov neeg tuaj xyuas Pirates uas nws tsis taug kev. batter thaum fanning 10 nyob rau hauv xya innings.

Tseeb, McClanahan tsis tau tshaj tawm txoj kev taug kev hauv xya ntawm 14 qhov pib nws tau ua haujlwm tsawg kawg rau XNUMX lub sijhawm. Cov kev ua yeeb yam zoo li no tau pab txhawb kom muaj kev tswj hwm nws li cas.

McClanahan, uas tau ua yeeb yam hauv University of South Florida, hla lub bay hauv Tampa thiab txog 35 mais ntawm Tropicana Field hais tias "Nws yog ib qho pov thawj rau kev ua haujlwm hnyav thiab kev sib xws thiab txhua hnub kuv sim ua," ua ntej kev xaiv thawj zaug (31st zuag qhia tag nrho) ntawm Rays hauv 2018. “Kuv lub hom phiaj kawg yog los pab pab pawg no yeej ntau qhov sib tw ncaws pob thiab pab pawg no nyob hauv kev sib ntaus. Kuv xav tias qhov ntawd yog qhov kuv txaus siab tshaj plaws ntawm kev sib koom ua ke ntawm kev sim ua qhov ntawd rau pab pawg no. "

Qhov kev sib raug zoo ntawd tau ua rau tus neeg paub tab paub ntau dua uas nyiam nrog tag nrho plaub ntawm nws lub suab, suav nrog lub sab sauv-90s plaub-seam fastball thiab kev hloov pauv uas tau xa ntau tus neeg tawm tsam rov qab mus rau lub dugout muttering rau lawv tus kheej.

McClanahan, uas tau ua nws qhov MLB thawj zaug thaum lub caij 2020 tom qab, tau muab ntau tshaj qhov pom ntawm lub caij dhau los ntawm qhov yuav los txog lub sijhawm no. Tom qab raug hu los ntawm Triple-A Durham thaum lub Plaub Hlis lig, nws mus 10-6 nrog 3.43 ERA thiab 1.27 WHIP hauv 25 pib. Nws yog 7-3 nrog 2.84 ERA tom qab tag nrho lub hnub qub so thiab ua tiav xya hauv American League Rookie ntawm lub xyoo pov npav, thib peb ntawm cov pitchers.

"Kuv xav tias nws nyuam qhuav tsim tawm ntawm lub zog los ntawm xyoo tas los," said Cash, uas nws pab pawg tau rov qab los ntawm peb qhov kev ua si cheb ntawm tes ntawm Cincinnati los ntawm cheb plaub-kev ua si series los ntawm Boston. "Dab tsi tau tso cai rau nws ua nws, yog tias nws yog plaub lub suab ua tiav lub pitcher uas hais kom lub pob tau zoo thiab muaj cov khoom zoo li txhua tus, yog tias tsis zoo dua lwm tus, hauv baseball."

Muaj ib qho kev sib tw McClanahan tau ua rau hnub Wednesday yav tsaus ntuj yeej dhau Boston. Nws tawm mus pov tseg 85 pitches tom qab 11 ncaj pib ntawm 90 thiab 100 pitches.

McClanahan, uas tau nkag mus rau lub caij no tau pitched 251 innings hauv nws txoj haujlwm tshaj lij, tau sau lub caij-siab 100 pitches hauv Anaheim tawm tsam Angels thaum lub Tsib Hlis 11. Nws txoj haujlwm siab rau pitches yog 101 ntawm Minnesota lub Yim Hli kawg.

"Peb nyob rau ntawm qhov taw tes nrog nws cov haujlwm uas peb yuav xav nrhiav qee qhov chaw los tswj nws me ntsis," Cash hais.

Txawm hais tias nws tseem yuav pom tias qhov kev ua si zoo li cas, McClanahan ua tsaug rau lub sijhawm los koom nrog rau lub lim tiam tom ntej txhua lub hnub qub txawm tias nws yuav siv lub pob zeb li nws cov pab koomtes pib pitcher lossis tsis.

Nws tau hais tias "Nws yog qhov muaj txiaj ntsig uas tau suav nrog hauv qhov kev sib tham ntawd," nws hais. "Yog li, txawm tias kuv tau pob lossis tsis tau, kuv xav tias muaj hmoo tiag tiag nyob ntawd. Nov yog qhov koj npau suav txog thaum menyuam loj hlob tuaj. "