Sunday Notes: Cesar Valdez's Powerful Paralyzing Perfect Pachydermous Percussion Pitch
April 18, 2021 Cesar Valdez’s name has graced this column a handful of times over the past year, most recently a month ago when I asked him about his powerful paralyzing perfect pachydermous percussion pitch. (No, the Baltimore Orioles reliever doesn’t actually call it that, but given that Bugs Bunny changeups make up the lion’s share of his deliveries, he arguably should). Since the start of last season, Valdez has thrown the mesmerizing offering an eye-popping 83.1% of the time. The Red Sox have faced the 36-year-old slow-baller on three occasions so far in April, so I asked Boston hi...
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