right-hander took to his Twitter account on Mikko Rantanen Jersey Wednesday to provide fans with an unusually detailed explanation for his late-season struggles. . Want to clear a few things up as I didn't pitch like I wanted to down the stretch and feel the need to explain. On Aug 28th I was hit in the knee by a comebacker against Atlanta. Without knowing it, after that game my stride length got shorter by almost a foot. Timing was thrown Adam Wainwright (@UncleCharlie50) " After that game my stride length got shorter by almost a foot. Timing was thrown," Wainwright tweeted. He added in another me sage that he "didn't stay diligent enough with my film work to catch it immediately," and that "what I was attributing to dead arm was an awful delivery." Wainwright closed his thread by apologizing to his fans and teammates and stating, "I owed an explanation ... so there you go Valeri Nichushkin Women Jersey ."It can be debated whether Wainwright owed an explanation to anyone outside of the Cardinals clubhouse for his late-season performance. What's inarguable is that his thread provides rare insight into the challenges of pitching and staying consistent. It just goes to show how one slight alteration in the kinetic chain can me s up the whole operation. The end of the season should have been way different for me, and who knows what happens if I'm sharp down the stretch. I feel terrible about it. Y'all deserved better. My team deserved better. I owed an explanation... so there you go. Go Adam Wainwright (@UncleCharlie50) Wainwright, for those wondering, saw his seasonal ERA balloon from 3.09 entering September to 3.71 Alexander Kerfoot Jersey over the course of six starts after taking the ball to the knee. He threw 28 innings during that stretch, surrendering 44 hits, 23 runs (all earned, resulting in a 7.22 ERA), and 11 walks. He mustered just 13 strikeouts.Not that anyone should question Wainwright's claim about his mechanics -- it reasons that he'd know better than anyone, and there's no reason for him to lie -- but the data backs up his Andre Burakovsky Men Jersey a sertion. While Wainwright's stride data isn't publicly available, TruMedia does track a statistic called "extension" that measures the distance from the pitching rubber to the pitcher's release point. It's not the same thing, but it can serve as a fine proxy when there's no real alternative. Anyway, below you'll see a table that lists the average extension Wainwright had on his fastballs for each month:MonthFastballs thrownExtension (ft)April1636.53May2026.56June1826.52July2336.52August1966.52September1576.45October286.27Sure enough, Wainwright's release point went from a consistent range to a fair amount shorter after the end of August. That's clearly not a coincidence.It's worth noting that there is one item of busine s Wainwright did not addre s in his thread: his plans for next season. Given that he's 41 years old and seems primed for a post-playing career in broadcasting, it would stand to reason that he might hang up his cleats alongside teammates and . If that decision has been made, he's not saying -- at least not yet. "we should know pretty soon if something happens if not, then A.J. Greer Kids Jersey it's been a good run." Who knows, Wainwright might even tweet an explanation one day about whatever he decides to do.