July 20, 200916 yr Tom Fornelli posted Levine's Twitter post: RT @espnchicago: Bruce Levine: Freddy Garcia threw 45 pitches and had good life on his fastball and breaking ball, but not much control.
July 20, 200916 yr QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 02:55 PM) Tom Fornelli posted Levine's Twitter post: RT @espnchicago: Bruce Levine: Freddy Garcia threw 45 pitches and had good life on his fastball and breaking ball, but not much control. I want to see what a radar gun says for the good life before I get excited. Freddy lobbing 84 mph fastballs is not going to work out well. He needs to be 89 to 91 to be effective. At least he has excellent secondary stuff, unlike Colon who pumps in fastball after fastball and hopes movement gets him by.
July 20, 200916 yr QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 02:56 PM) I want to see what a radar gun says for the good life before I get excited. Freddy lobbing 84 mph fastballs is not going to work out well. He needs to be 89 to 91 to be effective. At least he has excellent secondary stuff, unlike Colon who pumps in fastball after fastball and hopes movement gets him by. Well, he threw like 85-86 against us last year in game 162 and we only got him for one run in 5 innings.
July 20, 200916 yr QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 12:56 PM) I want to see what a radar gun says for the good life before I get excited. Freddy lobbing 84 mph fastballs is not going to work out well. He needs to be 89 to 91 to be effective. At least he has excellent secondary stuff, unlike Colon who pumps in fastball after fastball and hopes movement gets him by. He really is effective if he can get to those speeds. Not dominant like he was, but very effective.
July 20, 200916 yr Didn't he start throwing a knuckle-curve in his last few games with us? Did he keep using that pitch?
July 20, 200916 yr QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 07:56 PM) I want to see what a radar gun says for the good life before I get excited. Freddy lobbing 84 mph fastballs is not going to work out well. He needs to be 89 to 91 to be effective. At least he has excellent secondary stuff, unlike Colon who pumps in fastball after fastball and hopes movement gets him by. Freddie is quoted as saying he can throw 88-90. I hope he can make it back. Fraddie Garcia is a battler out there on the mound Edited July 20, 200916 yr by elrockinMT
July 21, 200916 yr From what I just heard on Comcast, Freddy was bragging about what he could do to Ozzie and Ozzie said he backed it up and was impressed. Cooper also was impressed saying Garcia could command the curve slider ,and change any time and has great feel on those pitches but was also impressed by his fastball and command. One more side session and if that goes well 4-5 starts in the minors. Edited July 21, 200916 yr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside
July 21, 200916 yr Coop seemed really confident that Garcia would be pitching for the Sox by the end of the year.
July 21, 200916 yr If Garcia can throw 90, he is a better 5th starter option than anyone else in our organization.
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