King Felix vs. CC Sabathia, 3:35pm
Happy Felix Day, friends.
Larry Stone’s got an interesting article on Felix’s changes this season, both mentally and mechanically. In particular, he focuses on a change in pitch mix, with the curve ball taking over from Felix’s less-successful change, especially given that Felix’s fastball can’t keep batters off of the cambio. And he highlights the fact that today’s opponent, CC Sabathia, is someone many of pointed to for Felix to emulate.
I don’t intend to quibble with everything in the piece, which you should read, but I did want to make a couple of larger points.