Did I miss something or does Nuke only throw 2 pitches, fastball and a breaking ball? No slider, splitter, changeup?
I wonder how he would have gone in the Majors with just those 2 pitches
"What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes"
Dwight Gooden got to the majors with only those. He learned a slider and changeup once he got there.
He's taking the knife out of the Cheese!
Do you think he wants some cheese?
Bert Blyleven threw curveballs and fastballs exclusively and won 287 games in the majors...
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Where there's smoke, there's barbecue!
Most minor league pitchers have only two pitchs. In fact, most usually only have a good fastball & some kind of mediocre breaking ball. They actually learn a third pitch in the majors along with control. This was a pretty realistic depiction.
shareIn the second NCSU vs UNC game in this year's CWS, Hobbs Johnson shutout NCSU through 8 innings. He threw 5 pitches that WEREN'T a fastball, and his fastball is only 89-90mph. This is a testament to his location, not NCSU's batting abilites. ps I hate UNC.
I know he's an NCAA pitcher, but he's comparable to AA-AAA pitchers. It's about movement on your fastball and flirting with the corners, not a fully loaded arsenal. I'll use Tim Lincecum as an example, since he just threw a no-hitter. ..he has a four seam fastball that approaches 95mph, but he doesn't throw it; he throws his 88-89 mph two seam because it has a bit more movement to play with and flirt with corners (depending on how he holds it, it may move 10-20% more from pitch to pitch; he knows if it's moving more, but the batters don't). It's one pitch, but he murders with it (that said, Lincecum does have 2-3 more regular pitches -- just wanted to say how one pitcher does not necessarily mean it looks the same every time)
/rant