You know, it was a great experience. I
was happy with those two outings I had in the
postseason. Obviously, you're not satisfied with the result
, but yeah, I really haven't, you know
, gone over it too much. I feel like
a lot of people have brought it up to me
where I've kind of been able to, you know
, think for a second, you know, based
off that, but, you know, at the
end of the day, you know, it was
a good win. But you know, we didn't
, we didn't reach the goal we were looking at
, so I just kind of, you know,
I'm past that and I'm ready to go, you
know, get into next season with full force.
How complex, you know, the league is,
the players, you know, the approaches, all
that stuff, the, you know, how quick
they make adjustments, that was something that was really
hard for me to, you know, accommodate getting
up there, you know, you learn a little
bit in AA, you know, guys have a
, you know, clearer approach, maybe more individual
approach. You get to AAA, you know,
guys have, you know, a good understanding of
the zone and plate discipline, so. You know
, when you get up to the big leagues,
it kind of You know, those two things kind
of intertwine. Hitters, you know, have a
game plan going first time through the order, you
know, they see the adjustments you're making on the
mound. So it's really more about pitchability, being
able to tunnel my pitches, you know, execute
different spots prior at bats or reading their at bats
and their approach, you know, each inning where
that was kind of the biggest adjustment I had to
make, where it took me about probably 6 weeks
to really, you know, understand that while,
you know, learning from, you know, the
other, you know, pitchers on our staff and
coaches, so. Kind of learning really how to
pitch and to, you know, use my stuff
and then play off each pitch and tunnel was the
biggest adjustment that I kind of really had to make
at the major league level. Garrett's been really helpful
. I think once he realized I was kind of
sticking around, he got a lot more involved,
which was, was really good. So I've had
some really good conversations with him, and I think
probably one of the biggest examples was, you know
, I think it was. You know, my
last start against the Orioles that week prior, you
know, we were trying to, you know,
figure out the slider a little bit, you know
, the cutter, we actually, he had the
idea of separating the two pitches where I kind of
had, you know, that 95 to 97 mile
an hour cutter, and I was using up in
the zone to lefties and righties, and then a
little bit of a slower slider like 90 50s or
down away to righties, and that's something I learned
, you know, with a week left in the
season, took it into the postseason and kind of
just rolled with it, but You know, when
it comes to stuff like that, Garrett's very knowledgeable
, he's very good at knowing the game and understanding
, you know, the adjustments you have to make
in the game, so that was probably the biggest
one that kind of fixed me with the cutter,
especially, and I was able to really tunnel the
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