Talking Pitching Development with Paul Gibson, Sr. Director of Pitching Performance

If you are going to win in the big leagues you have to be able to pitch. The Royals proved that with their playoff run last year. For a small market team developing pitching is a must. Paul Gibson, the Sr. Director of Pitching Performance for the Kansas City Royals joins us to discuss KC's pitching development. Rany Jazayerli (Co-Founder Baseball Prospectus/@Jazayerli) and Soren Petro (Sports Radio 810-WHB, 810whb.com/@SorenPetro) talk to Gibson about... - What goes into Gibson's job? - Communicating with the pitchers in the organization. - Promoting pitchers that haven't put up big numbers yet. - Alec Marsh's development. - When and how to move starters back to the bullpen. - Daniel Lynch's conversion to the bullpen. - Teaching velocity. - Working with outside pitching academies. - David Shields - Ben Kudrna - Pitching more innings. - Developing pitching in Latin America. - Young pitching in the system from Latin America. - Asa Lacy - Carlos Estevez