Although the BlueJays lost in extra innings to RaysBaseball, both Thomas Hatch and Anthony Kay had strong outings on Sunday. In arms like Hatch and Kay, there’s lots of upside, too. (via ShiDavidi)
Hatch arrived from the Cubs as a double-A righty who seemed to have plateaued at the level but at the encouragement of Vince Horsman, the former pitching coach at New Hampshire who wasn’t renewed at the end of the season, began to throw his changeup more often.
“I always had the changeup,” said Hatch. “In high school it was my second-best pitch, it was fastball-changeup as opposed to fastball-slider. I get to college, and we went predominantly fastball-slider, so it got put on the back-burner. When I got to pro ball, you obviously need more pitches, so that started to be a focal point first year, and then I got away from it.
“The best thing I can take away from it is that everything translates to this level,” said Hatch. “Sometimes there’s that doubt going from minor-league ball to the big-leagues, but I was confident. Even getting my feet wet this spring and facing big-league hitters was a big step I that I can get these guys out. Coming into today, obviously there were nerves that first time, but being able to know I did it in spring, and even in this shortened spring we just had … really helps ease you into it.
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