Early thoughts on Paxton?
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I havent used him much yet but in my first start with him he threw three no hit innings with five or six strikeouts before the guy rage quit. In my second start he threw a complete game shutout with 11 more strikeouts and one hit allowed. I'm a fan of the card so far.
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I pitched him last night for the 1st time in RS on AS and although he got the win, I wasn't that impressed. I took Wood out of the rotation to pitch him and I think Wood has more movement on all of his pitches.
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Throws BP on All Star and not as good as he looks on paper IMO. Idk if he’s just easy to read but I gave up 5 runs in 4 innings with him on HOF as well. I thought he’d excel in lefty/lefty matchups but that was not the case. Pretty disappointed
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Yeah he's one of those cards that just doesn't seem to play as well as his attributes so far for me. I'm gonna still use him for a bit and give him a chance, but early returns aren't good.
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This is mostly based on his pitch mix: he's solid but the lack of a slider will make it tough to have real success with him. Not that he's bad, but with all of these 97+ cheap SPs it's easy to find a guy with a 4 seam, slider, and changeup (the 3 pitches I look for)
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