http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/09/21/are-rich-hill-and-his-hard-breaking-curveball-for-real/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/09/21/are-rich-hill-and-his-hard-breaking-curveball-for-real/#comment-5804 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 01:40:58 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=2470#comment-5804 Toby,I’ve been in some serious debeats about JP with my friend a former Rays pitcher. The thing that made JP so special in 08 and 09 was his curve ball. He threw his curve ball almost the exact same velocity as his fastball plus or minus a few ticks. It was borderline un hitable to righties or lefties. Its too bad he pitched for the USA in the WBC because I believe he led the team in appearances in 08 and he should have been shut down after the long post season run.

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