It seems he isn’t able to control his curve much right now, so he’s not throwing it very often. Considering that his curve has been described as a plus (or at least potentially plus) pitch, I’d think his K rate will probably begin to rise when he begins incorporating it more frequently.

its all about vin mazzaro…13+ shutout innings in his first 2 starts. throwing 92-96mph.

i know you’ll say the white sox/orioles suck, but whitesox won 10 of 13 prior to that series and baltimore looks to have a great future trio in weiter/jones/markakis and huff/scott/roberts are good veteran types

to say how funny it was a couple weeks back to read a post talking about Cahill/Anderson not being ready or something like that. Both have been solid enough considering the circumstances.

I think the sinker has shown to be as good as advertised so far this year. He has had some trouble locating it, but I think he is starting to improve in that regard. Part of it is just trusting in the movement and realizing he can succeed even if he is throwing 87-89 mph as long as he keeps it low in the zone. I was pretty impressed with this pitch from the first game he through, it looks almost like an 88 mph screwball with rediculous drop and armside movement.

I think the change up has been pretty impressive as well. Cahill is still pretty inconsistent with locating it, but it has the potential to be a pretty good pitch as it dips and moves just like the sinker only it’s generally about 10 mph slower coming in around 78-80 mph.

The biggest disappointment has been the breaking ball. I heard a lot about his knuckle curve and the good strikeout numbers in the minors seemed to suggest it was a pretty effective pitch. But it has looked useless so far in the majors, when I have seen him throw it seems to spin without much real bite and Cahill has no location with it. What concerns me more is that as the year has gone on breaking balls have become nonexistant for Cahill.

I’m a little worried that by trying to succeed in the majors Cahill is sacrificing developing his curve which could hurt him long term. I love the sinker, and his change-up is promising if inconsistent but I think the difference between becoming a legitimate ace rather than a good mid-rotation pitch-to-contact guy is going to depend on whether or not he can develop a workable swing and miss breaking ball.