He's starting to throw a different pitch that he hasn't really been using a lot of. He's got a good fastball, a good overhand curveball and a changeup, but he's now throwing what they call a dead-fish fastball. All this is really is a batting practice speed fastball. He uses that in situations where guys are looking dead red, looking for the good fastball when they're in hitter's counts, and he just takes a little off and just kinda hums it in there at 83mph and says 'Let's see what you can do with this.'Why don't they just re-name this pitch the Jason Schmidt fastball? It's certainly more concise.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Reasons Why This Won't Work
From Steve Lyons, analyzing a new pitch that Reds starter Bronson Arroyo is bringing to the table...
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How can you say that about the projected-'09-player-of-the-year-whose-arm-fell-off-again-and-made-me-look-bad? I'm hurt.
Even Miss Cleo could have seen what was coming.
If Captain Hook would have left him in the games longer, we might have seen his arm actually fall off live.
If his arm fell off, we would have seen all of the money come pouring out like a pinata.
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