Tanner Houck is looking to recover from a disastrous game where he allowed 12 runs in just over 2 innings. His pitching coach, Andrew Bailey, emphasized the importance of pitch location and adjusting to hit the right counts. Despite back-to-back poor performances against the Rays and speculation around tipping pitches, Bailey reassured that no such issues were detected. The focus is on Houck's ability to improve by learning from the game and executing better strategies moving forward.
We know he's a pitcher who's going to generate weak contact and rely on balls in play. We have to be able to generate swing-and-miss when we're in an advantage count.
It all comes down to location and usage stuff, letting him work through that to a point in time. But to be honest, Tampa had a great gameplan.
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