04-06-2009, 02:34 PM
<!--quoteo(post=27241:date=Apr 6 2009, 12:29 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 6 2009, 12:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=27238:date=Apr 6 2009, 01:23 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Apr 6 2009, 01:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=27111:date=Apr 6 2009, 07:31 AM:name=stevestonescigar)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (stevestonescigar @ Apr 6 2009, 07:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->According to Buster Olney, Harden's fastball was clocked at 85 to 90 mph on Saturday. I just hope he hasn't thrown enough to get his arm strength up yet. Sure doesn't seem to sound good though.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
He was throwing meatballs and has been all spring. He can't pitch like this, he's a 2 pitch pitcher. Every bit as worrying is that his command's been ass. He's not right... yet at least.
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He's technically a 2-pitch pitcher, but when he's right, he can throw 75 mph to 95 mph and everything in between with the same arm action. Not only that, but his change has some good movement on it.
I know you already know this, but I'm saying it anyway.
At this point, I sort of wish he would've gone the surgery route instead of the rehab route. I don't think we're going to see the same Harden we saw last summer ever again.
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Right, I'm just saying it's a lot more effective when he's throwing that fastball consistently at 95-98 like when we got him, than it is at 87-93 where he's been this spring. Like Trevor Hoffman has shown, you can still be effective this way but not nearly as dominant.
And I agree. I'd much rather have a couple months of Harden's sexness and chances to dominate in October than a year of pretty good pitching. He's the best pitcher in baseball when he's right. He's not close to that right now.
He was throwing meatballs and has been all spring. He can't pitch like this, he's a 2 pitch pitcher. Every bit as worrying is that his command's been ass. He's not right... yet at least.
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He's technically a 2-pitch pitcher, but when he's right, he can throw 75 mph to 95 mph and everything in between with the same arm action. Not only that, but his change has some good movement on it.
I know you already know this, but I'm saying it anyway.
At this point, I sort of wish he would've gone the surgery route instead of the rehab route. I don't think we're going to see the same Harden we saw last summer ever again.
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Right, I'm just saying it's a lot more effective when he's throwing that fastball consistently at 95-98 like when we got him, than it is at 87-93 where he's been this spring. Like Trevor Hoffman has shown, you can still be effective this way but not nearly as dominant.
And I agree. I'd much rather have a couple months of Harden's sexness and chances to dominate in October than a year of pretty good pitching. He's the best pitcher in baseball when he's right. He's not close to that right now.
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