Great Interview with Chris Bosio

[Theo]

For those that missed it this morning, on Mully & Hanley they had an interview with new Cubs pitching coach Chris Bosio. Tons of great stuff including their strategy of fixing Marmol and how they are breaking down the fundementals on all pitchers. He mentions pitcher in camp, Cabrera, and how just simply tweaking his grib had him going from 94 on his fastball to 97. This guy seems to know his stuff and should definetly be an upgrade over that corpse last year, Mark Riggens.

 

Here is the link to the interview

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/?podcast_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.podtrac.com%2Fpts%2Fredirect.mp3%2Fnyc.podcast.play.it%2Fmedia%2Fd0%2Fd0%2Fd1%2Fd0%2Fd0%2FdN%2FdF%2F100NF_4.MP3%3Fauthtok%3D5561713322619674043_ZOioz5eBg5XDGP8EHX7u3FfFg&podcast_name=Mully+and+Hanley+Hour+4+-3%2F7%2F12&podcast_artist=Mully+and+Hanley&station_id=391&tag=pages&dcid=CBS.CHI

[Theo]

Alberto Cabrera is the pitcher Bosio was refering to I guess, so yeah, I guess he is throwing 97 now in camp.

[toonsterwu]

Cabrera could always light up the radar gun in short spurts, hence why I'm still quite intrigued with him as a pen candidate (he still rips off a nasty slider, albeit, he is a bit inconsistent at times with it). He's just not consistent enough, and the change-up isn't good enough, as a starter yet.

 

Now, if Cabrera is hitting 97 as a starter ... that'd be new. But I somewhat think Cabrera is being over-looked a bit as a pen candidate. Still think he has some late inning potential if switched full-time to the pen, where he can pump up the velocity and focus on his slider. Now, if he's sent to the minors, I'd still prefer him in the rotation, if only to get him more work and appearances.

 

Edit: Listened the interview. Interesting stuff on video work. The Cabrera stuff was interesting. If they fix his 2-seamer, could give him a better chance to be a starter.

Edited March 7, 2012 by toonsterwu

[Named After Maddux]

That's really exciting to hear! And on a side note Cabrera has long since been a project that always seemed to be just a little bit away from really clicking (in rotation or more likely the bullpen). I'll be intrigued to see his results along with the other pitchers in camp.

[Prizefight]

Thanks for sharing. Very interesting interview. Who knows if this will translate onto the field, but he sure sounds like he knows what he's doing