by PhillyOS119
I was looking at batted ball stats today and I noticed that 58.5% of the batted balls against him went to the opposite field. Â To put that in perspective, no one at any level of the minors or the majors (with at least 20IP) has a higher percentage. Â The best in the majors is Andrew Miller with 51.8%. Â I’m not sure what it means, but it seems like it is somewhat correlated with good stuff.
I was quite skeptical last year, I saw him pitch a few times and other than the velocity I wasn’t particularly impressed. Â This year, after watching him pitch a few times, I’m a believer. Â His fastball is a swing and miss pitch even when it’s in the zone, the slider flashes plus. Â Hitters are quite uncomfortable.
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