The problem right now with Hamels is that he is not following through on his pitches. Watch (if you have a DVR or something) Friday night’s game. His left hand at the end of his delivery is at his hip. It SHOULD be down around his knee (or even ankle). When he finishes at his hip, he’s also releasing higher in the delivery, and his pitches are coming in high. And we all know that high, hanging pitches will get salamied by good hitters.

He’s prone to this even in his good starts (that’s why Chooch adopted the Tony Pena-style squat, to get him to try to keep it down).

He’s not hurt, and he is a Hall-of-Fame-potential pitcher. I’m not a pitching coach, but if he concentrates on his follow-through in his delivery, he should be able to keep the ball down more. This will eliminate the dingers and make any slider/change-up pitches far more effective.

Just my couple of cents.

i still think they need to replace rich dubee or the strength coach. i think ive found enough recent evidence that when starters come here under their guidance their velocity drops. you can tell lidge doesnt listen to dubee at all because he doesnt need to be coached. closers get annoyed when coaches try to do that anyway. you think anyone EVER talks to papelbon out there? that guy is a wild-eyes flamethrowing lunatic. his splitter is as good or better than rich hardens.