Larry Rothschild Performance Thread

[Sharona1975]

I think Rothschild was a fine choice but it's entirely too soon assign him any credit (or blame) for anything that's happened to this point.

[ring403]

Rothschild gets direct credit for helping Hughes re-work his mechanics, and the grip on his curve, which resulted in a much improved performance today.
In general, the 2011 pitching staff has done remarkably well, and in my opinion, it's no longer too early to assign a big share of the credit to the new pitching coach.

[grizy]

AJ publicly credited Rothschild and Martin with making him throw his changeup.

That alone is worth Rothschild's paycheck.

[Blazer]

Larry Rothschild is a huge improvement over the prior PC. In fact he's the best PC the Yanks have had for a long time.

[ThePinStripes]

So is he this good or was Eiland that bad?

[grizy]

Probably a little of both.

[Yankee Fan in Boston]

So is he this good or was Eiland that bad?

Probably both, although I think Rothschild is also getting some good luck (e.g., Colon) in addition to being a better PC

[Throgs]

What is it we like so much about LR?

[MonteroSmash]

could he work more with pitchers' fielding?

[Petey]

What is it we like so much about LR?

He isn't Dangerous Dave Eiland?

[X marked]

http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2011/10/0...-go-unnoticed/

[enozlac]

http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2011/10/0...-go-unnoticed/

Absolutely. This team probably doesn't make it this far (maybe farther) with this pitching staff out of ST with Dave Eiland. LR seems to make in-game adjustments....seems to have helped AJ and Nova the most.

[awy]

boy i forgot how having a pitching coach felt

[grizy]

Eiland getting another crack at a pitching coach job at KC.

They got piles of young pitchers in the system. Let's see how he will do.

[Mr.Muhozi]

To do list for 2012

• Teach Pineda an adequete change up.
• Help Hughes regain his curveball
• Keep the bullpen as productive as last year
• Help Soriano become useful
• Dump Burnett in the Hudson River

Have i missed any out?

[pleasepassthesoup]

To do list for 2012

• Dump Burnett in the Hudson River

Have i missed any out?

This implies Burnett makes it to New York. Can he dump him somewhere in FLA?

[Mr.Muhozi]

This implies Burnett makes it to New York. Can he dump him somewhere in FLA?

I don't know any rivers in Florida. My geographical knowledge of the U.S is limited

[snapple]

Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico are two great starting points. Don't forget the Everglades, either.

[grizy]

Also plenty of swamps, many with gators.

[SatchelPaigeYankee]

Eiland getting another crack at a pitching coach job at KC.

They got piles of young pitchers in the system. Let's see how he will do.

there goes my hope of trading AJ to KC for Butler

[grizy]

there goes my hope of trading AJ to KC for Butler

Lol. I didn't even think about that angle.

[Yankeesfan924]

On behalf of Florida, please no.

[just-blaze]

To do list for 2012

• Teach Pineda an adequete change up.
• Help Hughes regain his curveball
• Keep the bullpen as productive as last year
• Help Soriano become useful
• Dump Burnett in the Hudson River

Have i missed any out?

If he turns Pineda into 1A, then he pretty much needs a lifetime contract similar to what Wakefield used to have.

[awy]

soriano is pretty useful, he is just also pretty expensive

[teknetic]

SSS and all, but I'm bumping this thread because this man deserves some props.

http://www.fangraphs.com/community/i...nd-strikeouts/

What exactly is he doing that Eiland didn't do?