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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Holland has the 4th best fastball on his team. It's a very good fastball, but you are wildly overrating it. A guy with a plus-plus breaking ball wouldn't have said pitch rate below Jaime Garcia's. That's a hyperbolic analysis.
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96 mph heat from a LHer is nothing to dick around with.
His 'rate' has nothing to do with the effectiveness of the pitch when he's locked in. He's erratic as all hell and wildly inconsistent. That's why his overall pitch values are down.
But when he has his stuff, it's some of the best in the league. And he's not a guy that loses it mid-game. When he brings his A game, he has it the whole game. He's a start to start inconsistent (easily dealt with in a short series).
I've watched him pitch a bunch this year (I spend a week every month in Oklahoma and that's the FSM channel down there). That kid has incredible stuff when he's right.
It all comes down to which Holland shows up. If the good Holland shows up, he's excellent. At that point, I don't think Carpenter can pitch with him, not on short rest.