His mechanics look out of sync, which probably leads to his ineffective slider. Imho, I think he's about 15 to 20 pounds heavier, and he looks constantly winded and trying to catch his breath. He covered first base on a ground ball to his left yesterday, and unless it was my imagination, I could've swore I seen him gasping for air with an open mouth, breathing heavy. With the way he defended being big, successful, and big men in general, that probably justified a few extra Arby's combos this off season.
With that said, imagine what the pitch clock is doing to him. How many one second left on the clock pitches has he made? Tons.
Philip
