Last week we highlighted an interesting trend with Rays reliever Chaz Roe: He was moving around on the mound, resting anywhere from the middle of the rubber all the way to the extreme third base side.
Was this intentional? And if so, had the team decided to fiddle around with this, or was this Roe all the way?
One of the points we touched on was that that if Roe worked from the extreme third base side of the mound, he’d be able to put that slider movement to work. It’s tough to get hitters to take your slider seriously when it’s whipping out of the zone right out of the hand.