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Quote: Originally Posted by Bahnzo

I've seen him pitch all three games so far this year, and kept notes with the intent of adding him myself. He's very hard to nail down because his pitches are crazy. You can't come close in the game to slider he throws...it might be better to use a slurve with little break instead. Also, it's early, but it seems he has lost some velocity. But that might be coming back as he threw harder in his last outing than I saw the first two times. But people who say he has a 97mph+ fastball are dead wrong so far this year....

i haven't watched him play for his team, but he threw between 90-93 during the world baseball classic. His slider does have a big drop. His curveball wasn't spectacular though (although i hear he wasn't his best in the WBC)

Anyway, his speed record in a game was 95, however in throwing with/for scouts (w/ no mound) he has consistently thrown 97-98 inaccurately. So you could put his fastball at like 97 and low control or like 91 w/ higher control.