{"id":280463,"date":"2024-03-06T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=280463"},"modified":"2024-03-07T09:46:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T15:46:17","slug":"paddack-becoming-more-comfortable-with-new-slider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=280463","title":{"rendered":"Paddack Becoming More Comfortable With New Slider"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jupiter, Fla. &#8212; Experiencing his first Spring Training since joining the Twins in 2022,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/663978\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Paddack<\/a>&nbsp;is looking forward to what he hopes will be a full, healthy season. After Tommy John surgery derailed his \u201822 campaign, and most of \u201823 was spent rehabbing, Paddack is a changed man &#8212; one who is ready to fulfill his role in the rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday marked the latest step in achieving that goal, as Paddack built up to 51 pitches (33 strikes) over 2 2\/3 innings in the Twins\u2019&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/twins-vs-cardinals\/2024\/03\/05\/748105\/final\/box\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">5-4 loss<\/a>&nbsp;to the Cardinals at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. Of course, the box score won\u2019t necessarily show the start as \u201cprogress,\u201d but those aren\u2019t the numbers that matter at this point in the spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More important than the three hits (one homer) and three runs that Paddack allowed was the increased speed on his slider and his ability to be present while on the mound &#8212; especially in two-strike counts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOverall it felt great,\u201d Paddack said. \u201cStill not satisfied with some 0-2 counts, 1-2 counts. Putting away guys is simplified; getting guys with two strikes, I got to be better at it. I was aware of the count, so that\u2019s a step forward for me &#8212; not being a zombie out there and being so locked in that I forget what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo I was present, but just didn\u2019t have that wipeout stuff today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jupiter, Fla. &#8212; Experiencing his first Spring Training since joining the Twins in 2022,&nbsp;Chris Paddack&nbsp;is looking forward to what he hopes will be a full, healthy season. After Tommy John surgery derailed his \u201822 campaign, and most of \u201823 was spent rehabbing, Paddack is a changed man &#8212; one who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":279973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=280463"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280491,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280463\/revisions\/280491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/279973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=280463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=280463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=280463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}