Pepiot flashed good stuff in his first taste of the big leagues last season but command issues plagued him. He spent the offseason working to correct those problems.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — In his first big-league action last year, Ryan Pepiot established one thing. When he threw strikes, he was very difficult to hit.“It was a combination of trying a little too hard, trying to do too much and not being myself, not knowing that me being me and just doing what I can do was enough,” the Dodgers’ pitching prospect said.
“He was happy, obviously, that he got called up last year and made it to pitch for us,” Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior said. “But he obviously knew there was a lot of things he had to work on.” “That’s what we all knew about this guy — he’s got this great changeup. He never had his changeup last year,” Prior said. “His changeup was terrible last year. He couldn’t get it on the strike zone. The movement was terrible. A lot of non-competitive pitches.
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