Calling Pitches

[Brendan]

(sorry if this doesn't warrant a new thread, but i didn't want to hijack any others.)

 

something i read this morning struck me as really odd:

Cubs catcher Geovany Soto second-guessed himself after the game for calling for the fastball with a 2-1 count to Reynolds.

 

"I probably should have called for another slider," Soto said. "I called fastball and he agreed. The guy just hit it out.

 

"He couldn't get his slider over. I called for a 2-1 fastball. I thought he throws 95 or 96 (mph), so why not?"

does anyone know if the cubs have the policy of never calling pitches from the dugout? i'm not sure i like a rookie catcher calling pitches for a rookie pitcher in the late innings of the post-season. maybe the fastball was the right call there and what the bench would have called anyway, but i don't really like this.

[CuseCubFan69]

This is why there is more going on then we know. I like that Lou has confidence in Soto to call pitches and they did mention before that he's caught them all so he's aware of what to do. I think this will be a nice learning lesson for him and from what I've seen he's an intelligent kid that knows the game. But, any good hitter can hit a 95. Marmol just didn't hit his spot either, along with struggling with the slider. The difference in this game to me was that the Backs hit the mistakes 20 feet farther than the Cubs did.

[Peoriaman]

This is why there is more going on then we know. I like that Lou has confidence in Soto to call pitches and they did mention before that he's caught them all so he's aware of what to do. I think this will be a nice learning lesson for him and from what I've seen he's an intelligent kid that knows the game. But, any good hitter can hit a 95. Marmol just didn't hit his spot either, along with struggling with the slider. The difference in this game to me was that the Backs hit the mistakes 20 feet farther than the Cubs did.

 

 

fastball was the right pitch. Marmol has a fine fastball, you can't throw all sliders. He just got his fastball up.

[CuseCubFan69]

This is why there is more going on then we know. I like that Lou has confidence in Soto to call pitches and they did mention before that he's caught them all so he's aware of what to do. I think this will be a nice learning lesson for him and from what I've seen he's an intelligent kid that knows the game. But, any good hitter can hit a 95. Marmol just didn't hit his spot either, along with struggling with the slider. The difference in this game to me was that the Backs hit the mistakes 20 feet farther than the Cubs did.

 

 

fastball was the right pitch. Marmol has a fine fastball, you can't throw all sliders. He just got his fastball up.

 

I agree it was the wrong spot. Where was Soto set up?

[Have a seat, Neifi]

That ball was thrown right now the middle of the plate (they showed it on PitchTrax or whatever it is right after the HR). Fastball was the rigth call there, but even get-me-over pitches are supposed to be near the corners. That was a total meatball.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I agree the fastball was the right call with the way he struggled with that slider. Had he gotten it down a few more inches, it would have been a much different result. GET UR COMMAND, CHARLIE MARBLES!

[Brendan]

fair enough, but i wasn't questioning the call from soto, just that he was given the authority to make it.

[VVMattVV]

Soto has the most experience catching Marmol, don't forget Iowa. Seemed to be doing fine for Z last night. This isn't an issue.

[CubmanPi]

My first thought was, "bad idea when drunk." Then I saw that I just misread the thread title. :oops: