Indians left-hander David Huff: "He is scared to pitch inside. If you are a soft-tossing lefty who...

Indians left-hander David Huff: "He is scared to pitch inside. If you are a soft-tossing lefty who doesn't pitch inside in the major leagues, you're going to get killed unless you're Tom Glavine."

A scout, via John Perotto of BP.

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Perhaps a bit harsh, but most likely very true. Gotta keep hitters honest, and only pitching to one side of the plate isn’t going to cut it.

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by MooneysRebellion on May 17, 2010 2:10 PM EDT reply actions

huff throws in the low 90’s.

by emil minty on May 17, 2010 2:32 PM EDT reply actions

He’s been hitting “93” on the Gamecast gun pretty consistently this year. Though, who knows how accurate that really is.

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by MooneysRebellion on May 17, 2010 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions

According to Fangraphs, his average fastball velocity is 90.0, the slowest of the Indians starters (though not by a whole lot, Westbrook is at 90.4 and Talbot is at 90.7).

by TheDanimal on May 17, 2010 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m always a little skeptical of reports that an athlete “won’t” do something, as opposed to the more simple “can’t”

by dgcambridge on May 17, 2010 2:52 PM EDT reply actions

Good point. Why would he not want to pitch inside? Afraid of hurting someone?

by odradek on May 18, 2010 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Afraid of getting hurt.

by Jay on May 18, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions

That would be the answer, but what he’s doing obviously isn’t working.

by dgcambridge on May 18, 2010 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions

That scout thinks Huff is the next Glavine? This is great!

by Brad D on May 18, 2010 7:31 AM EDT reply actions

The next Marty Glavine, night and weekend manager at the BiLo.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

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by emd2k3 on May 18, 2010 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions

Glavine, and the umpires who favored him, didn’t have QuesTec to deal with. How many strikes did he get called, low-and-outside, which clearly would not be called strikes anymore?

The next Tom Glavine will need a few more mph to look anything like Glavine’s results.

by Jay on May 18, 2010 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions

I remember seeing his first pitch in game 6 of the 1995 series – low and a good 5 inches off of the plate. It was called a strike, and I immediately thought “Oh well.”

by dgcambridge on May 18, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions

And will, therefore, not really be the next Glavine. I, obviously, don’t actually think that is what the scout was saying here. It is mildly surprising that baseball people continue to make comps that clearly don’t make sense. The change in ball/strike calls has had a major impact on the game but gets none of the attention lavished on ped cases.

by Brad D on May 18, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions