Sometimes identifying issues while watching video is difficult. Last Wednesday wasn’t one of those days for Félix Hernández.
Here’s the target for an 0-1 slider to Gorkys Hernandez versus where it ended up (prior to its ultimate destination: the left-center bleachers):
It doesn’t take 30 years of pitching experience to grasp why that didn’t work. It was a similar story on a cutter that lead to this Pablo Sandoval blast that knocked The King out of the game in the 5th.
“Zero command of my fastball,” said Hernandez, who will make his next start on Monday at Kansas City.