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05-01-2012 06:04 PM #1
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Moyer getting by with a 76 (!) mph fastball
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index...o-rockies-ace/
...Seriously? I'm a lefty. I can throw around that hard. I should try out for an MLB pitching gig.
In other news, Jeremy Guthrie is pitching like butt.
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05-02-2012 02:46 PM #2
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Wow, that is insane.
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05-03-2012 10:19 AM #3
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Trade for him at the deadline.
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05-03-2012 10:26 AM #4
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Come on, his fastball is 76.8, that rounds up to 77. Don't sell the man short.
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05-03-2012 01:51 PM #5
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Bill James wrote a piece a few years ago where he speculated that pitchers who really knew how to pitch but had sub-par fastballs might be something smart teams start to exploit. There have to be tens of thousands of pitchers who never really got a chance to develop or even pitch as pros because they had an 80 mph fastball. Essentially the establishement says if fastball < 85, write off immediately.
Even if 1 in 100 or 1 in 500 pitchers with a 80 mph fastball is good like Moyer that's a talent pool. Of course Moyer might be a one-in-a-million...
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05-03-2012 02:01 PM #6
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Maybe Jacob Pettit is worth keeping an eye on, then?
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05-03-2012 02:04 PM #7
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Seeing this brings to mind another extreme soft tosser...
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...illest01.shtml
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05-03-2012 02:43 PM #8
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I was always partial to John Stephens. I have a semi-fictional OOTP league where he's still my swingman.
Originally Posted by orioles119
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