It is of my opinion that the pitching calls for Emma + her delivery lends themselves to lots of pitches off the plate. It isn't just Carrico can get most of her pitches across the plate. Whether it is the calls to her or her control or whatever, Carrico can hit the area around the plate. Even Mazzarone's strikeouts feel like she can't consistently pitch strikes at times. Whether the coaches just need to call things that are not changeups, not rise balls, not... I know one-dimensional pitchers can get hit, but Lemley was 1-dimensional for a while and felt like she was better.

one would think our pitchers would be more consistent. They haven't in my opinion. And sadly Mazz has been one of those having the most control issues. Coach said last season he even had a talk with her and told her to slow the speed to regain control. Still broke and seems like she has more trouble with left handed batters. Not sure if the statistics support that or not. Seems worse at the beginning of the game or inning.

muscle memory should make perfect, right? Yet they flub shots and hit terrible drives. I think their brains cause a small defect in their swing that causes a bad shot. They probably tape their swings and have coaches watch to correct mechanical issues. I would think the pitching coaches do, also.

Mazzarone's issues are not that she isn't getting calls. Too many pitchers are high flares away from the batter, low and away, outside, too far inside. If there is some random pitch that is close but the ump does not call it, that is not what causes Mazzarone to issue walks. It is the fact that her pitches are all over the place. Even her strikeouts are struggles at times.