Brewers reliever Bob Wickman made a similar attempt last year, and the results were disastrous. It was stupid to waste my arm working on that. Don Rowe's biggest theory is to know what your limits are and master two pitches. I stuck to that last year and had a better year because of it. Brewers manager Phil Garner said the key to pitching success lies in refinement, not addition.
Most guys have all the pitches.
What they really need to work on is throwing a couple of them that they can throw for a strike when they need it. Most big-league pitchers began their careers by overpowering hitters with fastballs at the high school and college level. In the minor leagues, they find that strike zones are smaller and hitters are more talented. For Eldred, the light went on even earlier. Then I went and started working on throwing my curveball.