Padres manager Bob Melvin says ear-gate is 'water under the bridge'
Friends since one managed the other in New York in the ‘90s, Buck Showalter and Bob Melvin figure to speak often this offseason. They certainly did last year as they settled into their gigs in Queens and San Diego, respectively. If ear-gate becomes a topic of conversation — “Joe Musgrove is a man of character,” Melvin said Sunday night — the two will almost certainly keep that between them.
Perhaps lost in the all the chatter is the reasons for Showalter’s check was a trend occurring on his own staff. To say nothing of Musgrove’s elevated spin rate — until his last couple starts, Musgrove had been off his game, so to speak, since landing on the COVID list in June — Trevor May’s four-seamer jumped by 184 RPMs on Sunday and David Peterson’s slider, four-seamer and change-up were all up by more than 200 RPMs.Perhaps it’s about what’s at stake.
“Velo is up across the board ,” Melvin said. “You’re seeing higher spin rates. It has a lot to do with pitching in the postseason.”Unlike these Padres, the 2021 Braves weren’t wild cards. They were an 88-win team that wound up on top of a bad division. But they got hot at the right time, even without their superstar, upended a juggernaut in the NLCS and surprised everyone by hoisting the Commissioner’s Trophy at the end of the tournament.
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