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Graph of the Day: Aroldis Chapman's Fastball
Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman raised eyebrows around the baseball world this spring. Pitching for the Cuban team in the World Baseball Classic, Chapman flashed an incredible fastball and some nasty secondary stuff, despite some poor results (6.1 IP, 4 ER, 8 K, 4 BB). Those who hadn't noticed...
Manny Parra Should Not Throw More Fastballs
A link in Thursday's Mug led me to this story at The Junkball Blues. The basic point is that Manny Parra throws his fastball fewer times than almost all other hard-throwing left-handed starting pitchers. Manny Parra also had a good strikeout rate and a worse-than-average walk rate last year....
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