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Old 09-04-2016, 01:50 PM   #7217
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Originally Posted by Vito Cruz View Post
Much as I love Thor, he desperately needs to work on holding runners on. Opposing baserunners have stolen 45 bases on him this year, that's nearly double the second highest total in the league. He's also closing in on the single-season record of 60.

He has a really high leg kick pitching out of the stretch and he comes to set so deliberately that he's tipping off runners that he's 100% committed to throwing to the plate. A lot of the stolen bags against him come without a throw even being made because they've gotten such a huge jump.

He rarely even throws over to first or second. It's like he pays the runners no mind because he just assumes he can strike everybody out. Obviously when he's on he's fucking filthy, but he's still gotta pay attention to the runners.
No, I'd rather have somebody have Josh Beckett's approach. He focuses on the batter and tries to strike them out. Clay Bucholtz always pisses me off because he focuses all of his attention on the guy on first base. Throws a shitty pitch and it's a 2 run-home run or walks the guy.
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