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Bettis takes leadership role with Rockies’ staff
- Updated: August 5, 2016
DENVER — Although he came into 2016 with a little over a year of experience, Rockies starter Chad Bettis has been seen as a leader.
Along with pitching coach Steve Foster, Bettis came up with a scoring system to rate each starter’s performance based on statistics the pitcher can control, such as walks, strikeouts and first-pitch strikes. The team has kept up with the competition and has the results posted on the clubhouse bulletin board.
“I envision our staff and how we approach games as ever-evolving and to understand how to learn from whether you had a good start or a bad one,” Bettis said. “I think you have to hold each other accountable in that sense of how can you be a better pitcher and how can you help our team out more.”
Bettis isn’t the clubhouse leader in his competition; after three strong starts to begin the season, his ERA ballooned up to 5.65 to end the first half. However, he has weathered the storm and remained a leader, because it is in his personality.
As part of his leadership, …
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