Player Name: Casey Krebs
School: East Islip
Position: RHP
Casey is a RHP for the East Islip Red Men. He begins his windup with his hands held high but as he steps back, he brings them all the way down. He glances at his feet as a timing mechanism. His leg kick is rather high–it is around the letters. At balance point, his back leg is slightly and he refocuses on the target. His foot is parallel to the ground. During the falling action, he gets very good drive from his back leg and kicks out slightly with his front leg. He has a long arm circle, but he hides the ball well and it creates deception. His stride is long and he lands with a flat front foot and point home. The front leg is bent but recoils back upon release. His arm action is over-the-top.The extension is very good and he finishes balanced to home pate.
In his April 15 start, he threw a CG, allowing only four hits and 1 ER for the victory. He worked mainly with a 71-73 MPH fastball and a 67 MPH curveball as well as a 65 MPH change. He threw almost exclusively to the outside part of the plate with his fastball, but the opposition was not making the adjustment so he continued to work ahead and take the easy strike. He also worked incredibly quick, he took less than seven seconds between pitches, which is basically getting the ball and getting back on the rubber. What he did very well was throw his change with the same arm speed and delivery as the fastball, with a 7 MPH difference. Pitchers may have more of a difference in velocity, but by duplicating the arm speed and having fading action on the pitch, it will still yield plus results.
He was incredibly efficient with his pitches. He threw only nine pitches in the second inning (six strikes), 12 pitches in the third (10 strikes), seven pitches in the fourth (four strikes), 10 pitches in the fifth (seven strikes), 10 pitches in the sixth (six strikes) and 12 pitches in the seventh (nine strikes). That is remarkable.
He did get a bit lucky with the opposition’s inability to hit his curve when it hung. There was a number of pitches that were simply fouled back or popped up on belt high curves that barely had any bite. Against a formidable opponent, that could see different results.
With runners on base, Krebs employed a slide step and didn’t lose any velocity or command. He had a good pickoff move as well.
