Spin Williams
Spin Williams
Donald Ray "Spin" Williams, Jr. is an American professional baseball coach. As of the 2015 season, he is senior advisor for player development for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball...
left quit takes though trying understand until week
Even though it's a week left in the season, I'm still trying to get him better, to understand what it takes to be successful. And I'm not going to quit until the end of the season.
coming command consistency expected gotten himself last opportunity problem shoulder spring starts track training year
It's one of those years. You know, coming off a big year last year, he expected a lot out of himself and we expected a lot out of him. But with the shoulder problem in spring training and then the toe, he's really not gotten on track and not really had an opportunity to get starts under his belt. The command and the consistency haven't been there.
biggest early fine fly gets hitter lots olden pitch soft strike tries trying understand zone
We used to do it back in the olden days. I'm just trying to get him to understand we want the hitter to make contact. The biggest thing with Kip is he tries to make too fine a pitch early in the count, then gets behind. If he gets ahead, his strike zone will expand. And, when that happens, he gets lots of soft grounders, soft fly balls.
allowed ankle coming continue movement needs plug throw
We're going to plug him in when he's ready. He'll continue to throw sidelines. But his ankle hasn't allowed him the movement he needs coming off the mound.