Sale working on pickoff move

Posted March 04, 2016 12:00 am

By Daryl Van Schouwen Chicago Sun-Times

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Chris Sale is the first to admit his move to first needs work.

"My move is terrible over there," Sale said Saturday morning after throwing the equivalent of three-plus innings against live hitters on the backfields at Camelback Ranch. "That's the main reason why we are working on it - to get a little bit better. Something a little bit more natural looking than picking up, lifting up and going over."

Pitching coach Don Cooper admits the pickoff move by lefty pitchers is not his forte. But AA Birmingham pitching coach J.R. Perdew has some expertise, and he was with Sale and Cooper after the Sox prized left-hander got up and down four times to pitch against Sox hitters. Lefty Carlos Rodon also received instructional tips on his move.

"Top secret stuff," Sale said.

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