Marco Gonzales refines pitching for 2024 season with Pirates

\n\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”There was also one pitch in particular that he was trying to get back on track — his cutter.\n\nIn Gonzales’ best seasons, that cutter was a reliable pitch that he went to often. In 2020, for example, he threw the cutter 24.2% of the time and hitters were held to a .188 batting average against. In 2022, his 83.9 mph average exit velocity allowed against the cutter was 84.4 mph, the third-lowest among pitchers with at least 100 batted balls allowed.\n\nIn 2023, it never felt right to him and he threw it less, dropping to 8.8% usage. The results also spoke for themselves, as hitters had a .389 batting average against it.\n\n“I just wanted to get more horizontal movement,” Gonzales said. “It was kind of backing up on me a little bit, not doing exactly what I wanted it to do. I was able to locate it, but it wasn’t the efficient pitch that I know I have in the bag. It’s been there before, so I was just trying to go and make sure that pitch was moving the way I wanted it to this offseason.””,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Video”,”contentDate”:”2023-05-28T21:57:25.262Z”,”preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({\”preferredPlaybacks\”:\”mp4AvcPlayback\”})”:”https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2023/2023-05/28/59455929-a30dced8-78138531-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4″,”type”:”video”,”description”:”Marco Gonzales strikes out four batters through 5 2/3 innings of work in his start against the Pirates”,”displayAsVideoGif”:false,”duration”:”00:01:10″,”slug”:”marco-gonzales-four-strikeouts”,”tags”:[{“__typename”:”GameTag”},{“__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-136″,”title”:”Seattle Mariners”,”team”:{“__ref”:”Team:136″},”type”:”team”},{“__typename”:”PersonTag”,”slug”:”playerid-594835″,”title”:”Marco Gonzales”,”person”:{“__ref”:”Person:594835″},”type”:”player”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”pitching”,”title”:”pitching”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”highlight”,”title”:”highlight”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”in-game-highlight”,”title”:”in-game highlight”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”game-action-tracking”,”title”:”game action tracking”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”highlight-reel-pitching”,”title”:”highlight reel pitching”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”highlight-reel-starting-pitching”,”title”:”highlight reel starting pitching”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”eclat-feed”,”title”:”Eclat feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”international-feed”,”title”:”International Partner feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”fan-duel”,”title”:”Fan…