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Scott Kazmir, LHP, starter
  Kazmir has a simple repertoire, but is tough on hitters. His fastball is in the low-90s and looks faster. Kazmir likes to use a very tight slider to LHs and a straight changeup to RHs. The young Kazmir has already league the AL in strikeouts and Mets fans will always have hate for the GM that traded him away, Jim Duquette. 5/28/08 CSJ

*fastball(86-92), slider(80-81), changeup(75-80)


Matt Garza, RHP, starter
  Garza has the stuff to be one of the next great starting pitchers in baseball. He'll throw a hard fastball in the mid-90s, to go with his two breaking balls. He has a slider in the low-mid 80s that gets good drop. It usually looks like a hard curve. Then he'll slow that pitch down considerably into the low-mid 70s, making a 12-6 curveball. Lastly, Garza has a straight changeup in the low-80s. 5/27/08 CSJ

*fastball(90-95), slider(84-88), curve(75-78), changeup(82-83)


Scott Dohmann, RHP, reliever
  Dohmann throws a simple fastball/slider/splitter repertoire. His fastball sits in the low-90s, but with little movement. He'll mix up his leg kick when in the stretch in an attempt to quick pitch hitters. Scotty mixes in sliders that break hard and down, but don't seem to fool many hitters. Dohmann's splitter acts like a sinker, flying fairly straight about 5mph slower than his fastball. 4/29/08 CSJ

Andy Sonnanstine, RHP, starter
  Sonnanstine uses a cutter as his primary fastball pitch, and mixes in the occasional 2-seamer. Both of these pitches come in at approximately the same velocity, around the mid-80s. Sonnanstine will throw the cutter over the top, giving it a slight drop, or drop down sidearm giving the pitch some horizontal cut. His slider has significantly less velocity, more movement, and more drop than the cutter. He also throws a slower 12/6 curve and a sinking changeup. 4/24/08 CSJ

Jason Hammel, RHP, starter
  Cut from his high school varsity squad, he has certainly embarrassed that head coach. Hammel can bring low-90s heat with decent movement. His changeup looks like his next best offering, getting movement from his good arm action. Hammel throws two different breaking balls as well. He has a curveball that gets good 12-6 drop, but like many pitchers, he has a hard time commanding it. Lastly Hammel's slider is used fairly often, but it doesn't appear to get very good bite. It's more of a slurvy pitch. 4/29/08 CSJ

Gary Glover, RHP, reliever
  Glover throws a very straight fastball in the low-90s. His slider tends to round off, and not get the sharp break he's looking for. He has terrible command of his changeup and still throws a 12-6 type curveball that looks like his best pitch. 4/29/08 CSJ

Trevor Miller, LHP, reliever
  Miller has a simple selection of pitches. He throws a fastball in the mid-upper 80s and a weak slider off of that. His changeup doesn't vary more than 7 or 8mph from his fastball, a very soft pitch. 4/24/08 CSJ

*fastball(83-87), changeup(77-79), slider(73-77)


James Shields, RHP, starter
  Shields has been a great surprize for the Rays. He throws hard, mixing his 90+mph fastball with a sinking changeup that has become one of the best in baseball. Shields also likes to use his big curveball and sharp cutter. He'll use the cutter to RHs like a slider away. 5/27/08 CSJ

*fastball(90-93), changeup(80-85), cutter(87-91), curve(76-77)


Dan Wheeler, RHP, reliever
  Wheeler has never had dominant velocity, but still seems to be able to produce as a setup man every year. He has a 90mph moving fastball and mixes in lots of breaking balls. His slider has slowed over the years and now sits somewhere in the low-80s. The former Met will mix in split-finger pitches to RHs, a pitch that can drop under bats. Wheeler has a 12-6 curveball that he'll show on occasion. His repertoire is large, and he'll use whatever pitches feel good that day. 5/27/08 CSJ

*fastball(88-92), splitter(82), slider(78-81), curve


Edwin Jackson, RHP, starter
  Jackson throws a hard, straight fastball in the low to mid 90s and a slider to counter it. He throws a straight changeup and has added a curveball in '08. Jackson seems to be continually improving and was once considered a big-time Dodgers prospect. 5/27/08 CSJ

*fastball(91-96), slider(83-87), changeup(84-87), curve(77-80)


Troy Percival, RHP, closer
  Percival still throws hard, bringing his fastball in the 90s, with his signiture curveball. Percival does have a changeup, and this time around he is using it quite often to LHs. He has also begun throwing a tight slider that I don't recall from his glory years. 5/27/08 CSJ

*fastball(89-94), curve(76-78), changeup(84-86), slider


J.P. Howell, LHP, reliever/starter
  Howell throws a lot of moving junk up to the plate. His fastball sinks, tails, cuts, and floats up to the plate. It only reaches about 87mph and looks slower. He mixes in a changeup that is only about 5mph slower than the fastball. Then Howell throws a breaking ball in the upper-70s and may touch 80, I'll call it a curveball. 5/27/08 CSJ

*fastball(85-87), curve(79-82), changeup(79-80)


Al Reyes, RHP, reliever
  Reyes mixes his fastball and changeup well. Both pitches get good tailing and sinking action. He will throw in the occasional slider as well, a big sweeping breaker usually thrown to RHs. 5/27/08 CSJ

*fastball(89-90), changeup(80), slider(78)


Chad Bradford, RHP, reliever
  Bradford has a very low sidearm delivery. His fastball barely touches 80mph, but since his hand almost scrapes the mound at his release point, hitters find him difficult to pick up. He also throws a sweeping slider and shows a changeup. 6/18/08 CSJ

*fastball(80-82), slider(67-69), changeup(74-75)



 


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