Greinke and Bannister

[tywright]

Great article in USAToday on 2 of the Royals surprising Starting staff. Really good read...

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/royals/2008-04-30-royalspitchers_N.htm

Greinke has all the talent in the world, but has been held back by emotional and pyshcological issues.

And Bannister is this eras Greg Maddux and has broken down pitching stats (BABIP, K/9) to a science.

[VThokies]

for those of you that enjoy pitchFX stats, here is nice article breaking down bannister's first couple starts.

Anatomy of a player - Brian Bannister

[TGO]

Both articles are fantastic, thanks for posting them.

[longflyball]

Great article in USAToday on 2 of the Royals surprising Starting staff. Really good read...

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/royals/2008-04-30-royalspitchers_N.htm

Greinke has all the talent in the world, but has been held back by emotional and pyshcological issues.

And Bannister is this eras Greg Maddux and has broken down pitching stats (BABIP, K/9) to a science.

It's interesting you say this. Bannister's delivery reminds me very much of Maddux's.