{"id":317919,"date":"2021-08-07T12:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T09:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/andrew-heaney-seeking-better-results-in-second-yankees-start\/"},"modified":"2021-08-07T12:30:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T09:30:25","slug":"andrew-heaney-seeking-better-results-in-second-yankees-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/andrew-heaney-seeking-better-results-in-second-yankees-start\/","title":{"rendered":"#Andrew Heaney seeking better results in second Yankees start"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Andrew Heaney seeking better results in second Yankees start<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Since Andrew Heaney made his disapp<\/a>ointing first start in a Yankees uniform, Anthony Rizzo has continued to make a daily impact with his bat and glove, Joey Gallo won a game<\/a> with a towering three-run homer and reliever Clay Holmes put up another scoreless outing.<\/p>\n

Heaney is hoping finally to join the party Saturday in his second chance to make a good first impression, as most of the rest of his trade-deadline acquisitions already have.<\/p>\n

After getting crushed for four home runs in his Yankees debut Monday against the Orioles, Heaney will take the mound Saturday against the Mariners in The Bronx. Before facing a more familiar foe from his AL West days, the former Angels lefty spent time tweaking his mechanics with pitching coach Matt Blake and hopes to see the work pay off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI made quite a few mistakes pulling my changeup across my body a little bit,\u201d Heaney said Friday before the Yankees\u2019 3-2, inning win over Seattle. \u201cSo we\u2019ve got a couple things in the works that we\u2019ve been working on in my bullpen and in catch-play.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt felt very good just playing catch right after my start and taking that into the bullpen. It\u2019s something I feel pretty confident in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just one of the home runs Heaney gave up against the Orioles came on his changeup \u2014 the fourth and final one, hit by Ramon Urias in the fourth inning \u2014 but Heaney believes the adjustment will help more than just that pitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019ll clean up a lot of different things, but I think it\u2019s more noticeable for me on my changeup versus any other pitch,\u201d said Heaney, who had a 5.27 ERA in 18 starts for the Angels this season. \u201cIt\u2019s more of a directional thing, so that definitely keeps everything more through the zone as opposed to kind of around it.\u201d<\/p>\n