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Davey Johnson sees a stronger Chien-Ming Wang,
but not expecting a long second start

By James Wagner

After making his first major league start in more than two years since a
major shoulder injury and throwing 60 pitches, Chien-Ming Wang said his
body feels good and he is ready to improve. Manager Davey Johnson said he
doesn’t have a prescribed innings or pitch limit for Wang’s second start.

Johnson said he will have to gauge how well Wang handles Wednesday’s start
as the game progresses but he doesn’t expect it to be a long one. “Am I
looking for him to go six or seven innings? Not really,” he said.

Johnson said the coaching staff talked with Wang, pointing out some
mechanical problems they noticed after Friday’s start, and that he
hoped that the starter would show improvement in his next go-round.

“A few issues on when his breaking ball backs up a little that tells you
the mechanics or arm strength is not quite there, the release point is not
quite there,” Johnson said. “So he’s not 100 percent.”

Wang admitted that he needed to regain a firm feel for his sinker, his
signature pitch which helped him become a solid starter for the Yankees
for over two and half years.

“I still am working on a lot of things,” Wang said before Tuesday’s
game. “I’m trying to get my sinker back. And try to get my sinker
better move.”

Because he hadn’t seen Wang work, especially in between starts, Johnson
said he didn’t have a good feel for how the pitcher would fare against
the Mets. But the manager noted that he was impressed with Wang’s side
work and that proved to him that he could have left him i n the game longer
than the four innings he allowed.

“He was OK,” Johnson said. “Any time with a first start, coming back from
spring training basically, better on the short side.”


By James Wagner | 07:07 PM ET, 08/02/2011

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