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Old 03-25-2013, 04:52 PM   #1751
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Still faster than Bruce "Little League Fireballer" Chen
And Warren Spahn. ANd Charlie Hough. And Jamie Moyer. And Mike Cuellar. And dozens of other lefthanded pitchers who got outs because they were lefthanded and threw strikes.

Chen's strikeout rate last season, the culmination of an upward trend, was league-average.

Velocity is important, but it isn't everything. If it was, Todd van Poppel and Colt Griffin would have been perennial all-stars.
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