Meet Yunior Marte, the 'devastating' reliever who may be the solution the Phillies need for their current pitching woes.
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Phillies pitching Caleb Cotham can summarize up Yunior Marte in one word: fast. Really fast. It’s not just that the reliever can throw the ball hard. It’s also that he is efficient. On Feb. 28, against the Toronto Blue Jays, he needed 11 pitches to mow down three hitters. On March 3, against the Detroit Tigers, he needed 10. On March 6, against the Baltimore Orioles, he needed eight.
Marte thinks that this might be due to his experience, and offseason preparation, but he doesn’t underestimate the impact of the Phillies’ pitching staff. He over-tinkered when he was in the Giants organization. One day he would try one grip; another day, another grip. He’d switch up his mechanics. He’s switch up his arm action. He struggled to process so much information at once. Things feel more simple now.
Cotham sees Marte’s mindset as the biggest difference. There are some tweaks the Phillies have made — how to better throw his sinker to lefties was a point of focus — but they have been small. “It’s tough when you’re suffocating the strike zone. You create a feeling of pressure — the pitch clock, you’re throwing strikes, guys are working faster, hitters are working faster. They’re behind in the count, so they’re sped up. It’s all a snowball effect.”
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