Flashbacks to Jeremy Bonderman has a new changeup that works…uh
Granted this development staff is better and I do believe Manning will have a role, here or elsewhere, with the big league club; reliever or starter tbd.
# Starter, reliever? Either way, Tigers’ Matt Manning ‘absolutely in the mix’ for 2025
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Oh yeah, did you forget about Manning?
The Tigers haven’t.
“He comes in absolutely in the mix and can factor in in any number of situations,” manager AJ Hinch said in a phone conversation Thursday morning. “Matty has learned a lot about himself and about pitching and had to grow through an up-and-down season last year. But I think for a lot of people, there’s some recency bias.
“We have to remember, he was basically on our team for a large part of the first half of the season as that spot starter and rainout guy, and he showed things that he can do well. We certainly will give him an extended look to be part of the winning this spring.”
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But consistency within starts and from start to start has been a continuing issue for Manning. The velocity on his fastball fluctuates sometimes inning to inning, batter to batter. Same with his command.
But the stuff, especially since he added a split-change to his mix, is real.
“Like with most young pitchers, they battle the consistency,” Hinch said. “Being able to repeat, like for him, it’s repeat the mechanics and the feel for his pitches. It’s just little small tweaks. There’s no overhaul needed.
“He’s a talented pitcher with a lot of ways to get hitters out and we just have to help him become more consistent to where he can attack different lineups.”