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Cole Hamels, LHP, starter
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Hamels is a great fastball/changeup pitcher, with his changeup rated as one of the best pitches in the game. He has great arm action on the pitch, and it dies as it reaches home plate. Colbert will also drop in curveballs on the unsuspecting haters in the box. Hamels went through all kinds of drama as an injured high school player and bar brawling minor leaguer. However, he seems to have settled down enough to compete with, and even dominate NL hitters. 10/21/08 CSJ
*fastball(87-96), changeup(77-85), curveball(73-80)
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Ryan Madson, RHP, reliever
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Madson is a fastball/changeup pitcher, but seems to be using his cutter more and more. The cutter can get some huge movement sometimes, sliding accross the hitting zone. Madson's changeup is still his best pitch, often diving down just as it reaches home plate. His fastball is very straight and hittable when he's not touching the mid-90s with it. Ryan has a slow curve as his fourth pitch. 5/26/09 CSJ
*fastball(92-97), changeup(80-85), cutter(87-92), curve(78)
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Chad Durbin, RHP, reliever
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Chad Durbin was a reliable member of the Phils' bullpen in 2008. His stuff looks average, but he's been getting outs. He'll throw moving 2-seamers and a straight 4-seamer. He'll also throw lots of tight sliders in the upper-80s. Durbin finishes his 4-pitch repertoire with a standard curveball and a straight changeup. 5/22/09 CSJ
*4-seam fastball(89-92), 2-seam fastball(88-91), slider(85-89), curve(75-77), changeup(80-83)
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Joe Blanton, RHP, starter
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Blanton throws the basic four pitches. His round frame delivers a straight fastball at 88-92mph. To LHs, Blanton prefers to work with his changeup as his second pitch. To RHs, Blanton prefers a fastball/slider combo. He will deviate from this, but not often. Blanton's fourth pitch is a slow 12-6 curveball. He prefers to work quickly and not shake off his catchers. 10/21/08 CSJ
*fastball(86-91), slider(80-84), changeup(80-83), curve(73-76)
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J.C. Romero, LHP, reliever
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Romero is your standard lefthanded reliever. He has an average fastball, and relies on his junk to get outs. He has a big slider and a soft changeup. The slider, primarily thrown to LHs, will sweep accross the hitting zone. JC will save his changeup for RHs, and attempt to fade this pitch off the plate. He seems to lose more velocity each season, but has put together a couple decent seasons in Philadelphia. 5/6/09 CSJ
*fastball(89-93), slider(80-83), changeup(77-82)
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Clay Condrey, RHP, reliever
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Condrey throws all kinds of moving slop. His fastball gets decent sink, and he'll use it to his arm side most often. Condrey has a decent straight changeup that he'll throw to both LHs and RHs. He'll also use a couple of different breaking balls, throwing a tight cutter inside to LHs and bigger breaking slider. 5/22/09 CSJ
*fastball(88-92), slider(83-86), cutter(87-90), changeup(83-86)
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Chan Ho Park, RHP, reliever
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Park throws the same repertoire he always has. He tries to get his low-90s fastball moving as much as possible. Then he mixes in his slider and slow curve. Lastly, Park has a soft changeup. 2001 saw Park's last successful season. 5/22/09 CSJ
*2-seam fastball(87-93), slider(81-87), curve(70-79), changeup(78-82)
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Mike Zagurski, LHP, reliever
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Zagurski is 15 years too late. His hair and stomach belonged on the 1993 Phillies. His stuff is decent. He has a hard, beer bottle busting fastball and a standard slider. His command of the changeup seems to be lacking, and he will pull it to his glove side, making it appear to be a baby slider. 7/21/07 CSJ
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Brad Lidge, RHP, closer
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Lidge still throws in the mid-90s with a sick slider. He uses these two pitches, and that's basically it. The fastball rises as it approaches home plate. Then he breaks off hard downward breaking sliders that miss bats. Lidge has experimented with a changeup in the past, and with a cutter early in 2007. Neither pitch has stuck, but he still racks up Ks as a closer. 4/6/09 CSJ
*fastball(92-96), slider(83-85)
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Brett Myers, RHP, starter
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Myers was really struggling early in 2008, enough to get sent down to the minor leagues. When he returned to the Phillies, the results improved, but his stuff still looked the same. He throws moving fastballs and a hard overhand curve, and really relies on this combination most of the time. It can be a dominant duo of pitches if he is getting ahead with the fastball to set up his strikeout pitch, the curve. During his career, Myers has switched between throwing a splitter and a changeup as his off-speed pitch. Now, solely as a starting pitcher, he uses his changeup most of the time, but will mix in a split when he's going for a strikeout. Myers also throws a slider, a pitch that can resemble more of a cutter when he throws it inside to LHs. As a closer in 2007, Myers piled up Ks and threw 95mph. As a starter, he'll usually pitch around 89-92mph. 5/26/09 CSJ
*fastball(88-93), curve(75-80), sliders(83-87), changeup(82-85), splitter(85-86)
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Jamie Moyer, LHP, starter
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Moyer throws a four-pitch repertoire. He has a fastball/cutter combo that he'll use to any hitters, to either side of the plate. His velocity on these pitches sits around 80mph. Moyer also has a changeup that he tries to locate down in the zone. His breaking ball is a curve that he spikes with his index finger. Basically, he is no better than the pitchers you face in your amateur Sunday league. It is for unknown reasons why his career has lasted this long. 10/21/08 CSJ
*fastball(79-83), cutter(77-80), changeup(73-75), curve(67-71)
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Scott Eyre, LHP, reliever
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Eyre throws a 90mph fastball, a sweeping slider, and an occasional changeup. He has bounced around five different teams now and issues too many walks to stick around anywhere for very long. Eyre pitched collegiately at Southern Idaho. 4/6/09 CSJ
*fastball(88-92), slider(81-85), changeup(80-81)
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J.A. Happ, LHP, starter/reliever
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Happ shows some promise. He is six-feet tall, lefthanded, and throws a 90mph fastball. He has consistently posted good minor league numbers and looks like he might translate it to the major league level. Happ owns a tight slider that he uses often. He likes to try and go inside to RHs with it, burying it at their ankles, or throw it away from LHs. Happ will also show a changeup to RHs and mix in a very slow curveball. 5/22/09 CSJ
*fastball(87-92), slider(80-85), changeup(79-82), curve(70-75)
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Jack Taschner, LHP, reliever
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Taschner is an example of your generic lefthanded specialist. He has appeared in 130 games over the last two seasons, but only recorded 98 innings of outs. Jack's strategy is simple. He tries to get ahead with his fastball, before breaking off sweeping sliders to get outs. When facing RHs, he'll show his changeup. Taschner is from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. 4/6/09 CSJ
*fastball(89-91), slider(82-84), changeup(83-84)
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Kyle Kendrick, RHP, starter
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Kendrick relies on movement to get outs. His fastball sinks and tails around 90mph. Then he'll throw a big slider off the plate to get batters to chase. He seems to save his changeups for LHs. Kendrick made a big splash with Philly in 2007, but failed to follow up that success in '08. 10/9/08 CSJ
*fastball(87-92), slider(78-83), changeup(79-84)
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