Kaz's simulated game

by Lurch's Lobbyists on Jun 12, 2009 5:49 PM EDT

Kazmir was watched by manager Joe Maddon, pitching coach Jim Hickey, executive VP Andrew Friedman and assistant to the pitching coach Brian Anderson, who was "thoroughly encouraged and impresed"

"He showed as much command as I've seen from him," Anderson said. "He had a really good changeup, he was able to get his fastball consistently in on righties, which is a big key for him. If he does that, everything else falls in to place. He had the best slider I had ever seen from him....That's was what I heard about when I heard about Kaz's slider. That has to be close to what that was, because that was nasty."

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I don't give 2 shits about his fastball 'movement', I want to know if he's still blasting it up there at 89mph.

"Where we all wait in earnest with pudding in hand for the Upton comet to sail through the roofed skies, so that we may meet Him."

by kericr on Jun 12, 2009 5:52 PM EDT reply actions

I think it will.

If the mechanics get right, the arm gets stretched out, and Kaz gets gets confidence back that he can actually pitch/command the ball, the velocity will come back.

by twenty5psi on Jun 12, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions

wow, that's maybe the highest praise of any pitcher i have ever heard,

we all know kaz has it in him to look like this description indicates, we have all seen it at times, let’s hope he is the kaz we all know he can be b/c that would vastly improve this team.

by davidsmarch on Jun 12, 2009 11:35 PM EDT reply actions