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<blockquote data-quote="DecaturJacket" data-source="post: 1174323" data-attributes="member: 7369">All of his pitches play at this level imo. His fastball isn&#039;t overpowering, but gets a lot of run. His slider is solid. His offspeed pitches are VERY good. He just hangs them every once in a while.While he has hit some guys and had some issues with walks early in innings, in general he lives around the zone. That&#039;s good AND bad.When he&#039;s really struggled this season, it&#039;s been when he hits guys and puts guys on base with free passes with no out. He did that again last night. He hit the first two batters. Got an out on the sac bunt. Got 0-2 then hung a breaking ball down broadway that got smacked for a double. That pitch has to be out of the zone up 0-2. If it is in the zone, it can&#039;t be there. Next batter he goes 0-1, then leaves a fastball over the plate up in the zone that got hammered out to center. The double later that inning was also fastball left over the middle. In high school he could probably get away with that stuff, but at this level even &quot;bad&quot; hitters are going to take advantage of that stuff.You can have pitches that play, but if you hang them over the middle of the plate you&#039;re gonna get hit.He seems to have 2 major issues right now imo.<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">He starts slow. He has issues with hitting and/or walking guys early in the game. His trouble has mostly come from this.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Control in and around the zone. Like I said, it doesn&#039;t matter how good you are if you are hanging pitches and leaving balls too far over the plate.</li>
</ol>These issues are easily fixable though. He just needs to get experience and confidence.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DecaturJacket, post: 1174323, member: 7369"] All of his pitches play at this level imo. His fastball isn't overpowering, but gets a lot of run. His slider is solid. His offspeed pitches are VERY good. He just hangs them every once in a while. While he has hit some guys and had some issues with walks early in innings, in general he lives around the zone. That's good AND bad. When he's really struggled this season, it's been when he hits guys and puts guys on base with free passes with no out. He did that again last night. He hit the first two batters. Got an out on the sac bunt. Got 0-2 then hung a breaking ball down broadway that got smacked for a double. That pitch has to be out of the zone up 0-2. If it is in the zone, it can't be there. Next batter he goes 0-1, then leaves a fastball over the plate up in the zone that got hammered out to center. The double later that inning was also fastball left over the middle. In high school he could probably get away with that stuff, but at this level even "bad" hitters are going to take advantage of that stuff. You can have pitches that play, but if you hang them over the middle of the plate you're gonna get hit. He seems to have 2 major issues right now imo. [LIST=1] [*]He starts slow. He has issues with hitting and/or walking guys early in the game. His trouble has mostly come from this. [*]Control in and around the zone. Like I said, it doesn't matter how good you are if you are hanging pitches and leaving balls too far over the plate. [/LIST] These issues are easily fixable though. He just needs to get experience and confidence. [/QUOTE]

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