QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 17, 2013 -> 09:48 AM)
More than they do already? Jones being promoted has literally no effect on this.
Yeah, averages 97+ with the fastball with a hard breaking slider, yeah, no intimidation at all.
Who the hell cares? He doesn't need to brush back his own kid at a father-son game, he just needs to get guys out. With his stuff, there's plenty of intimidation.
You can throw 100 all you want, it seems to me hitters look a lot more comfortable against jones than any other hard thrower, for example a guy like grant Balfour. Look all I'm saying is jones has a lot of ability and talent, he needs to use these things to his advantage. I think a lot of that is that he tends to nibble, he should look to get ahead with fastball put away with the nasty slider. Seems to me he kinda goes backward a bit. I mean I think if any of us had a 100 mph fastball and that nasty slider, our mentality and "edge" would be I'm gonna get you, here it is if you don't duck I'm gonna run you over. And I'm not talking hitting anybody. Check the hard throwing closers of the past, gossage, Nen, Benitez, even Jenks his first year, you could see hitters were not to comfortable in that box, they used that to their advantage, Just saying Jones can do this, he needs that edge to him. That's all