Zack Godley still races on and off the mound before and after innings, still takes the same hard-nosed, bulldog mentality – or, as pitching coach Mike Butcher calls it, “a bull in a china shop” mentality – into each of his starts. He’s been that way since long before he reached the big leagues two years ago.
But if there’s anything especially different about the way Godley is pitching this year, something to explain the success he’s been having through three starts with the Diamondbacks, he points to the fingers his catchers have been putting down before every pitch.