Pitching Tips
- Espanol: Consejos de Lanzamiento
How to hold runners on
The key to holding runners on is that you have to be unpredictable. Base runners, just like hitters, try to pick up on pitcher’s patterns.
Read more about how Joakim holds runners on.
Thoughts on long tossing
As a closer, Joakim never knows when he is going to pitch. Before batting practice, he usually throws from 110 feet. He throws for six or seven minutes but never goes to the mound.
Read more about Joakim’s thoughts on long tossing
Spring Training Routine
Joakim’s Spring Training routine differs from the routine he follows during the regular season. Joakim wakes up early and heads over to the stadium at 7 a.m. He eats breakfast with his teammates in the clubhouse and gets ready for a full day’s work.
Read more about Joakim’s spring training routine.
Off Season Throwing Program
For Joakim, his off-season throwing program typically begins in mid-November, which is roughly 15-20 days after he starts his conditioning program. But because of the lengthened Spring Training and the fact that he didn’t pitch for Ciudad Obregon in Winter ball, Joakim didn’t start his throwing program in December.
Read more about Joakim’s off season throwing program.
How Joakim Prepares for the Season
Joakim Soria didn’t wait long after the 2008 Major League season ended to start preparing for the 2009 season. Sure, Joakim, one of the game’s premier closers, did rest his right arm for a month, as any star pitcher should do. But then he went back to work, which meant getting into tip-top condition.
Read more about how Joakim prepares for the season.
