flatjacket1 wrote:johanliebert wrote:It was only a matter of time for rowley. I'd keep taepesh in the rotation between the 2.
He's a great arm against RHB. Really doesn't have a way to get lefties out. FB/CH/SL with only plus pitch really being slider is a tough sell. His FB isn't fast or strong enough where if he misses he won't be punished, and SL against LHB isn't a good idea so they can pretty much eliminate that.
If he threw his FB 2 MPH harder with a little more movement I bet he'd be fine. It will be interesting though because his story seems to be he picked up a baseball a year or so ago after coming out of the military (not throwing for 2 years straight) and just started throwing. Seems like a prime candidate for a velo jump come March.
Either way we really have 3 starters next year so we need to take a look at everybody.
His mechanics don't look the greatest to me. Perhaps there's room for tinkering there that could get his fastball to the Marco Estrada range.
