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Tyler Glasnow Still Needs to Improve His Control in Triple-A

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While Tyler Glasnow had much better stuff on Sunday, he still had issues putting the ball over the plate consistently for strikes.

Of Glasnow’s 89 pitches, only 48 crossed for strikes. However, there were some encouraging signs. One of those signs was the velocity returning to the fastball, which was not there since the promotion to Indianapolis. Much of the game, Glasnow was sitting 94-95 on the gun.

He also complemented that with a sharp breaking ball that he has not been able to show yet in Indianapolis, which sat in the upper 70s. While he did not utilize it exclusively, the changeup was solid as well to keep hitters off-balance.

While Glasnow knows that he did not have his best results on Sunday overall, just going five innings, he knows that there is improvement being made.

“I’m still in a rut a little bit,” Glasnow said. “I need to keep working to get out of it. It is slowly, but surely getting better. I had a little bit of a curveball today. I just have to keep working.”

Glasnow saw plenty of base runners reach base, giving up five hits and three walks.

After a perfect first inning, Glasnow allowed a leadoff double and saw the runner get to third with no outs on a wild pitch. The right-hander then responded with three straight strikeouts to strand the runner. They were three of his seven for the outing.

The third inning saw the first two runners to reach via walks before Glasnow retired three in a row.

The fourth inning saw a leadoff ground rule double that just missed being a home run by inches and a sharp single to left. Glasnow then responded again to danger, as he picked up two more strikeouts with a walk in the middle, before inducing an infield ground out to cap the frame.

The fifth inning also saw the first two hitters pick up singles before Glasnow picked up a fly out, a strike out, and a ground out against his next three batters to slam the door shut.

While he knows that he had to battle the whole way, Glasnow was encouraged again with his ability to survive tough innings.

“I’m glad that I could bear down a little bit when I had runners on,” Glasnow said. “I have some things that I’m still working on, but I’m definitely glad I could bear down in those situations.”

Glasnow knows the work to improve comes on the days when he is not on the mound.

“I’m just trying to get back to normal,” Glasnow said. “I’m just trying to keep my weight back and really trying to be athletic and do it comfortably. I am just feeling different right now. I have to keep working in my bullpens and stay athletic.”

While the outing clearly had some flaws, the stuff was much better. If Glasnow is able to throw it consistently for strikes, he will be unhittable again at the new level. That’s important right now, as many of his issues have come from falling behind in the count.

Ryan Palencer
Ryan Palencer
Ryan has been following Indianapolis baseball for most of his life, and the Pirates since they became the affiliate in 2005. He began writing for Pirates Prospects in 2013, in a stint that ran through 2016 (with no service time manipulation played in). Ryan rejoined the team in 2022, covering Indianapolis once again. He has covered the Pirates in four different big league stadiums. Ryan was also fortunate enough to cover the 2015 Futures Game in Cincinnati.

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