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Sunday Notes: Giants Prospect Will Wilson Remains a Work in Progress fangraphs.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fangraphs.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
May 9, 2021 Brandon Woodruff has quietly been one of the better pitchers in the National League since the start of the 2019 season. In 42 starts comprising 237 innings, the Milwaukee Brewers right-hander has 285 strikeouts to go with a 3.11 ERA and a 2.93 FIP. The last of those numbers is equal to Shane Bieber’s mark over the same period. A big reason for Woodruff’s success is a repertoire adjustment he made midway through the 2018 season. As he explained in an article that ran here at FanGraphs last April, he began throwing both two- and four-seam fastballs. Neither is anything to write home about movement-wise, but paired together and sequenced well they’re a formidable combo. As Woodruff told me at the time, “It’s hard for the hitter to distinguish which one is going to be coming.” ....
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 hitting coach Tim Hyers what kind of advice he gives his charges when Valdez is on the bump. ....
A traffic stop for reckless driving on Maggie Road in Trigg County led to the driver and passenger being charged with theft of identity. Trigg County Sheriff’s deputies say 34-year-old Randy Holt of Waynesboro, Tennessee, was stopped after he was seen driving on the wrong side of the road. During the stop, Holt reportedly gave police someone else’s name, birthday, and social security number claiming it to be his. A passenger in the vehicle 34-year-old Shayna Burns of Collinwood, Tennessee, allegedly claimed Holt was telling the truth and said he was her husband. Deputies say Burns admitted the name Holt used belonged to her husband and Holt was her current boyfriend. ....
Sunday Notes: Collin McHugh Ponders Pitching Philosophy and Politics fangraphs.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fangraphs.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.