The career numbers against ShotaImanaga, today's Cubs starter, aren't very good. OneilCruz and NickGonzales are a combined 0 for 14 with five strikeouts and BryanReynolds alone is 1 for 12 with three strikeouts against Imanaga. So, what needs to change?
"We gotta get his split-changeup up and get the fastball up," DonKelly explained. "That's what makes him so tough, it's very deceptive and he's got a really good arm. When he throws the fastball up, we try not to chase that at the top of the zone and trying to stay off the split at the bottom. He's a really good pitcher and he knows how to mix it up. When we've been good this year, we've been really stubborn in our approach and stuck to it throughout the course of a game. We need to do that again today."
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The career numbers against Shota Imanaga, today's Cubs starter, aren't very good. Oneil Cruz and Nick Gonzales are a combined 0 for 14 with five strikeouts and Bryan Reynolds alone is 1 for 12 with three strikeouts against Imanaga. So, what needs to change?
"We gotta get his split-changeup up and get the fastball up," Don Kelly explained. "That's what makes him so tough, it's very deceptive and he's got a really good arm. When he throws the fastball up, we try not to chase that at the top of the zone and trying to stay off the split at the bottom. He's a really good pitcher and he knows how to mix it up. When we've been good this year, we've been really stubborn in our approach and stuck to it throughout the course of a game. We need to do that again today."
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