Ahead of his 2020 debut, BlueJays' Trent Thornton knows controlling his emotions, slowing the game down and keeping calm on the mound will be crucial come Monday night. (via ArdenZwelling)
“We’ve got to calm him down a little bit,” said Blue Jays pitching coach Pete Walker. “He’s awesome. He’s got great potential, great major-league ability. But he tends to over-throw at times. We talk about it all the time. When he can settle down a little bit more, I think he’s really going to excel and take off.”
“I think he’s close. I think he’s done a real nice job at this point to get himself ready, to refine his stuff, to understand who he is and where he’s going to have the most success at the major-league level from a pitch standpoint and location standpoint,” Walker said. “He’s worked really hard on that. The signs are all really encouraging with him. Utilizing that fastball at the top of the zone. His breaking stuff has been outstanding. I think he’s getting smarter.
In his final pre-season tune up against the Red Sox last week, Thornton worked quickly and efficiently, throwing three shutout innings with only 43 pitches. That stands in stark contrast to the last time he pitched at Fenway Park, when the Red Sox chased him from a start after he’d recorded only four outs on 48 pitches. He gave up five runs on five hits that day in one of his worst outings of the season.
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