Interesting Athletic article about the Cleveland Pitching Factory featuring Joey Cantillo [Paywall]
January 27, 2023
Interesting Athletic article about the Cleveland Pitching Factory featuring Joey Cantillo [Paywall]
8 comments
Really loved this article! Details Cantillo’s experience with the pitching development in Cleveland. He was able to take a 89 mph fastball and turn into 97 mph!
> “I heard a lot about Cleveland’s pitching development. At the time, I was like, ‘We’ll see,’” Cantillo says. “Now looking back, it’s like wow, what a monumental thing that was for me in my career.”
Should be an exciting time for fans since he’s only the 22nd ranked prospect in our system – our farm is loaded!
Hopefully this also entices other free agent pitchers/young stud pitchers to want to come to Cleveland to see the pitching factory for themselves.
I’m just so damn proud of this ball club, Tito is the best manager in the league and our farm system and development has been great. Just need to get a WS and I will die a happy man.
Cantillo is way underrated as a prospect
When I read the 84-86 mph fastball, it made me think that this would have been a Billy Beane pick from the Moneyball era. I can’t believe he was able to get the fastball up to 97. I’m excited to see what this guy can do with more time and hope he can stay healthy.
What an exciting time. So many top prospects in the upper minors. Great pitchers we probably will have to send some to the bullpen. 97 from a lefty with great stuff would be straight up filthy to tag team with Hentges. Clevinger was good for something at least, Cantillo was part of that haul.
I really hope Cantillo pans out – met him last year in Akron and he was the nicest dude ever.
good thing the 2021 rule 5 draft never happened
I’ve got to wonder what we actually do differently. Coaching and developing pitching is something that every single team spends a lot of time and resources on. Players move around systems, so it’s not like any particular drill or technique could remain a secret. And usually, stuff like this is actually just a run of good luck that runs out eventually.
But there *does* seem to be something different about our pitching development.
8 comments
Really loved this article! Details Cantillo’s experience with the pitching development in Cleveland. He was able to take a 89 mph fastball and turn into 97 mph!
> “I heard a lot about Cleveland’s pitching development. At the time, I was like, ‘We’ll see,’” Cantillo says. “Now looking back, it’s like wow, what a monumental thing that was for me in my career.”
Should be an exciting time for fans since he’s only the 22nd ranked prospect in our system – our farm is loaded!
Hopefully this also entices other free agent pitchers/young stud pitchers to want to come to Cleveland to see the pitching factory for themselves.
I’m just so damn proud of this ball club, Tito is the best manager in the league and our farm system and development has been great. Just need to get a WS and I will die a happy man.
Cantillo is way underrated as a prospect
When I read the 84-86 mph fastball, it made me think that this would have been a Billy Beane pick from the Moneyball era. I can’t believe he was able to get the fastball up to 97. I’m excited to see what this guy can do with more time and hope he can stay healthy.
What an exciting time. So many top prospects in the upper minors. Great pitchers we probably will have to send some to the bullpen. 97 from a lefty with great stuff would be straight up filthy to tag team with Hentges. Clevinger was good for something at least, Cantillo was part of that haul.
I really hope Cantillo pans out – met him last year in Akron and he was the nicest dude ever.
good thing the 2021 rule 5 draft never happened
I’ve got to wonder what we actually do differently. Coaching and developing pitching is something that every single team spends a lot of time and resources on. Players move around systems, so it’s not like any particular drill or technique could remain a secret. And usually, stuff like this is actually just a run of good luck that runs out eventually.
But there *does* seem to be something different about our pitching development.