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1 hour ago, Jim'sKid26 said:

I could not agree with you more. When your slider is a 138 and your curve is 155, why in the world would you throw a cutter?  According to Baseball Savant his 4S has nearly 11 inches of horizontal break and only drops 13 inches. Seems like the cutter is just not needed. 

He’s barely thrown the cutter since returning from Norfolk.  

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19 minutes ago, Dunk35 said:

Okay. I can see IT now. 
 

Only thing to worry about is that darn near every guy who has 100 in the bag also gets TJ at some point. 

Every once in a while there's a survivor.

His minors track record is off the charts, but aside from that in one sense his promise is as simple as he is a "high school RHP" top of 1st round GUY who has attained age 23.75 and hasn't blown up his arm yet.

You just hope the fastballs stay for a decade.

Are we trading him for Spencer Strider tomorrow?

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14 minutes ago, Rbiggs2525 said:

Not trying to get my hopes up but when he is confident he reminds you of Stephen Strasburg. The only difference is when Strasburg was throwing 98-100 there were 1-2 starters doing it. I do see some similarities in body type and motion.

He reminds me more of Verlander, though not quite as over the top. 

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If they can get some back up from say, Means and Wells and maybe in the  pen with DL Hall...Grayson might be slightly fresher for possible post season play...as it is, if Grayson pitches like he did tonight to a pretty formidable lineup and Flaherty and Bradish continue to pitch well...we could be a very dangerous team assuming we go to the post season...

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1 hour ago, Rbiggs2525 said:

Not trying to get my hopes up but when he is confident he reminds you of Stephen Strasburg. The only difference is when Strasburg was throwing 98-100 there were 1-2 starters doing it. I do see some similarities in body type and motion.

I would be concerned about making that comparison because of how much time Strasburg has spent injured, unavailable, and on the IL.

Has anyone ever heard of the inverted W theory in regards to pitching mechanics?

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