DENVER – When it comes to the pitch that might be as responsible as anything for his surprising run of dominance this season, right-hander Zack Godley flashes back to a conversation from two years ago.
He was in the dugout with teammates Jeremy Hellickson and Robbie Ray, and Hellickson started talking about the way he gripped and threw his curveball. For Godley at the time, his curveball wasn’t one of his better secondary pitches. He figured he could benefit from trying to tinker.
“I had been doing the same thing since high school and never tried anything different,” Godley said.