Posted on March 29, 2008 by erik
Joe Strauss looks at the shift in the Cardinals philosophies. He hits a sore spot or two.
The club made minimal use of cross-checkers before that draft, relying instead on area scouts and numbers. Luhnow, averse to devoting a premium pick on righthanded high school pitching, backed DeWitt’s objection to a first-round selection of Philip Hughes, [...]
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Posted on March 29, 2008 by erik
Fangraphs is always adding to it’s stat-y goodness, now including pitch type leaderboards. Just out of curiosity, I wanted so see what big league right-handed starters in the MLB have P.J. Walters like velocity.
Average fastball velocity:
Livan Hernandez 83.6
Greg Maddux 84.7
Paul Byrd 85.6
Matt Morris 87.4
Josh Fogg 87.7
Greg Maddux is on another dimension, so just forget you [...]
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