You're going to want to keep an eye on the radar gun when James Paxton takes the mound for the Yankees in Thursday's 1 p.m. series finale against the Rays. He's expecting to put higher numbers up on it than he has thus far.
Paxton has been doing a lot of work on the mechanics of his delivery. Earlier this season in doing video work with pitching coach Matt Blake _ comparing his motion to the one he had last season _ they found that he was leaning as he strode forward and the adjustment was to try to be more upright. They also have been looking at the angle of his hips as he gets ready to release the ball.
"We're making the positive steps towards where I want to be," Paxton said Wednesday. "I feel really close ... The thing that we're working on this week I think is where some power is hiding. So I just need to time that up in my delivery and once I get that clicking, I think that I should get a jump in velocity as well."
