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On Scott Radinsky’s Firing, Pitching Coaches, and Scapegoats

Merritt Rohlfing — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:54:56 +0000

The Cleveland Indians fired pitching coach Scott Radinsky last week following the team’s 11-game losing streak. The Tribe pitched atrociously through that the run of losses—especially the starters, who went 0-8 with a combined 10.44 ERA. The Indians were outscored 95-39, lost one in the ninth and another in the 10th with their closer on the mound, and got shellacked five times by the Twins of all teams. Sure, we all knew they weren’t going to lose 70 in a row, but it sure felt like it. (more…)

This Week In Indians Baseball: Week 19

Katie Hendershot — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:30:17 +0000

The Indians carried a losing streak into the 19^th week of the season, but brought it to an end during the finale of the series with the Minnesota Twins. They went on to split a four-game series at home with the Boston Red Sox. (more…)

Will Indians Pitchers Get More Strikeouts Under Scott Radinsky?

Lewie Pollis — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:13:43 +0000

When the news broke at the end of the season that Indians pitching coach Tim Belcher would be stepping down from his post, I made note of the similarity between the Tribe staff’s light-on-strikeouts approach to pitching during his tenure (Cleveland ranked last in the majors with a 6.2 K/9 over the last two years) and the pitch-to-contact disposition Belcher exhibited (he had a career 5.6 K/9 rate and whiffed fewer than five batters per nine in half of his 14 MLB seasons) during his own playing career.

Then bullpen instructor Scott Radinsky was named as Belcher’s successor. Radinsky wasn’t exactly Randy Johnson during his own playing career, but he had a career K/9 rate of 6.7—interestingly, that’s highest for an Indians pitching coach since Don McMahon was in charge of the staff in 1985—and his strikeout rate had a peak of 8.3 K/9.

Naturally, I wondered then if having a pitching coach with more personal experience as a strikeout pitcher would lead to the Indians staff missing a few more bats. Today, we have an answer. (more…)