Like a lot of rookies back in the day, he was probably fed a steady diet of fastball until they figured out he could turn on one.
Then the breaking stuff revealed him. I'd guess he stopped swinging for the fences to try and adjust, so he cut down both his strikeouts a d his power.
Pure conjecture, but a pretty ccommon pattern over the years.
Like a lot of rookies back in the day, he was probably fed a steady diet of fastball until they figured out he could turn on one.
Then the breaking stuff revealed him. I'd guess he stopped swinging for the fences to try and adjust, so he cut down both his strikeouts a d his power.
Pure conjecture, but a pretty ccommon pattern over the years.
Well there other brother Pablo Cruz was quite a hit on the music scene