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Cora says he doesn’t have a pecking order for the three catchers. ‘They’re all good,’ he said. Still expects that the team will open the year with just two catchers.
He debuted at 20. Instead of getting seasoning in the lower minors, Feltman pitched in college.
I don't think Feltman will be in Boston in April, but I wouldn't be shocked by a mid to late season call up.
Cordero is Exhibit A for why holding a player in the minors just for seasoning is wasting bullets. He was really good until his arm fell off. Feltman seems to have a limited time table too.
Maybe the Cubs should have kept Mark Prior in the minors longer for seasoning? That way he could have blown out his arm with much less service time!
Because it didn't work once, it can never work. Interesting that you aren't mentioning young arms that succeeded like Francisco Rodriguez, Huston Street, Aroldis Chapman, or Kenley Jensen.
It was a joke. Next time I'll be sure to hit everyone over the head with a hammer of sarcasm. I thought the sarcasm was clear... Alas!
People were complaining about a potential trade JBJ thread post a few days ago. I was just referencing that.
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Pedroia said he ‘rolled around in bed’ last night thinking about game, but feels good after it: ‘When you come back from something like this, no one thinks you can do it. You kind of have to be confident.’
Does he even throw a cutter? The pitch type information on fangraphs seems like it could be kind of wonky. Maybe it's listing 4 seamers as cutters? It seems unlikely that he'd drop 20% on his 4 seamer. Honestly, I don't watch enough Yankees games to know.
I don't have enough tin foil on me today to worry about this further. I think Gray is just making up excuses.
The cutter is 10 mph faster than his slider per fangraphs. Also, based on fangraphs pitch value, his best pitch was.... his slider.