Former big league pitcher and current Astros broadcaster Steve Sparks joined the roundtable on the pregame show before the Mariners game against the Astros Tuesday night and shared some interesting observations on two starting pitchers.
Sparks has seen plenty of Taijuan Walker as he has made nine career starts against the Astros, but he saw something different Monday night.
“I don’t think I saw him try to overthrow one baseball. It looked like he was playing catch,” Sparks said. “When you do that, you allow your arm to catch up. When you look like you are playing catch and you look up at the scoreboard and see 96-97 mph, you know a guy is figuring it out.