Carter Capps - Back to Old Tricks or Just a Spring Thing?

[Lindsay]

Carter Capps pitched only 12 innings for the Padres in 2017, months after Major League Baseball added a rule barring his unorthodox pitching style in which Capps "crow hopped" or reset his pivot foot during delivery. Umpires ruled no violation on Capps' delivery.With San Diego opting to bring...

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[Jimurray]

28 minutes ago, Gil said:

Carter Capps pitched only 12 innings for the Padres in 2017, months after Major League Baseball added a rule barring his unorthodox pitching style in which Capps "crow hopped" or reset his pivot foot during delivery. Umpires ruled no violation on Capps' delivery.With San Diego opting to bring...

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I didn't see a crow hop or a reset. 

[umpstu]

36 minutes ago, Jimurray said:

I didn't see a crow hop or a reset. 

I saw a crow hop. What I didn't see was any type of resetting his pivot foot or, him pushing off of his pivot foot a second time.  He is a couple of feet closer to home when he releases the ball.