Link: Francisco Liriano
Driveline Mechanics —
... I know a lot of the readers are interested in my thoughts on Liriano, and hopefully I’ll get to analyzing his before/after motions myself, but until then, check out what Chris O’Leary had to say on the subject. My thoughts run parallel to his; I like the earlier hand break and the positioning of the elbow. ...
THT Live:How has Liriano’s delivery changed?
The Hardball Times —
Chris O'Leary takes a look at Felix Liriano's delivery since returning from Tommy John surgery. (Hat tip: Driveline Mechanics) ...
Liriano’s Change
Baseball Prospectus: Unfiltered —
... There’s a problem in “fixing” a pitcher’s mechanics. In making them safer, you might make them ineffective. Chris O’Leary, a pitching “expert”, has taken a look at ...
What’s Wrong With Francisco Liriano?
Baseball Mastermind —
... Another article, written by pitching mechanics expert, Chris O’Leary commented on the above mentioned article, agreeing that the new arm slot would be advantageous for Liriano in the long-term as his pitching side elbow (PAS) is lower at the end of his delivery: ...
Baseball-Intellect: A Second Look at Francisco Liriano
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
... published a day after Liriano’s first start and in response to a couple of the various articles that came out this past week… There is no one magic mechanical attribute that all of a sudden increases velocity. Pitching mechanics are a sequence of individual actions and when these individual actions are put together with precise efficiency, a pitcher can generate velocity in any number of ways. This is not to mention factors that we honestly have no clue of knowing about; for instance, how strong exactly are those ligaments, tendons, muscles, etc in the pitcher’s ...
