ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The issue has been in front of Trevor Kelley for years, trying to figure out why his impressive success at Triple-A for three different organizations couldn’t transfer to the big leagues.
But what if the answer was within his grasp the whole time?
Early in spring training, Rays pitching coach Kyle Snyder suggested a couple of slight adjustments that would expand Kelley’s ability to pitch down in the zone: changing how he held his slider to make it break more and adding a two-seam sinking fastball to his repertoire.
