Who is your favorite?
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Carlton is my all time favorite starter and I always loved watching McGraw come in and shut people down.
More recent, loved watching Halladay pitch, it was pure magic and excitement. He could make a 1-0, 2-0 game just seem electric.
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SP: Nothing like wasting a day watching Kevin Brown on the bump. He would frustrate so many batters with the eternity he would intentionally take between pitches. He exemplified the game within the game.
However, out of ALL pitchers my favorite was Trevor Hoffman. He was the true artist on the mound.
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Nolan Ryan has to be up there. Guy was dominant even right before he retire. Loved watching Randy Johnson pitch. The fact that you had professional left hand batters bailing out of the batters box like a little league game on a strike on the inside corner told me his stuff was that electric.
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Loved the way David Cone pitched. I could watch him all day.
Pedro Martinez for sure -- wish the Expos could have scored some runs for him every once and a while.
I'm a huge Pat Hentgen fan. I love this article about how he was a kind of 'connective tissue' between Dave Stieb's heyday and the development of Roy Halladay and Chris Carpenter. https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/hentgens-blue-jays-legacy-ranges-cy-young-connective-tissue/
Tim Lincecum.
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@mubby_33_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
Nolan Ryan has to be up there. Guy was dominant even right before he retire. Loved watching Randy Johnson pitch. The fact that you had professional left hand batters bailing out of the batters box like a little league game on a strike on the inside corner told me his stuff was that electric.
Though I was quite young when Nolan still pitched (1984), I do remember a few times watching him. It was like there wasn't a hitter there at all.. Just a crazy Texan throwing darts he had no idea where they were going to a catcher. It was either a walk or a strikeout. Truly one of a kind.
Big unit was insane. Nobody wanted to face him. So impossible to hit during his prime. Lefties were scared to stand in the box. A left-handed Ryan, but with much better command. And a better pitcher than Nolan because of it.
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Chipper Jones, Glavine, Steve Avery
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@nanthrax_1_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
@mubby_33_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
Nolan Ryan has to be up there. Guy was dominant even right before he retire. Loved watching Randy Johnson pitch. The fact that you had professional left hand batters bailing out of the batters box like a little league game on a strike on the inside corner told me his stuff was that electric.
Though I was quite young when Nolan still pitched (1984), I do remember a few times watching him. It was like there wasn't a hitter there at all.. Just a crazy Texan throwing darts he had no idea where they were going to a catcher. It was either a walk or a strikeout. Truly one of a kind.
Big unit was insane. Nobody wanted to face him. So impossible to hit during his prime. Lefties were scared to stand in the box. A left-handed Ryan, but with much better command. And a better pitcher than Nolan because of it.
I met Ryan at one of his last spring trainings(maybe 1991?). If you watched him on TV he just looked like some old man but up close he was tall and built like a linebacker. Next to guys like Conseco and Gonzalez he was close to the same size. Then when you saw him pummel Robin Ventura you understood.
Randy's height just gave him an unfair advantage. He was like 3/4 of the way to the plate before he released the ball. -
Even though I'm a Yankees fan, my favorite pitcher growing up was Roger Clemens. I loved the way he attacked hitters and his overall bulldog mentality. With all of the PED allegations tied into the second half of his career its definitely tainted how I feel for him, but I can't change the fact that he was my favorite for a long time. Mariano Rivera became my favorite Yankee in the 90s, so it's probably him.
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Nolan Ryan, with J.R. Richard a close second.
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Aaron Sanchez. All Star in 2016 and CY Young candidate but fell off due to injuries now he is making a comeback with the Giants and is doing well.
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@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
Aaron Sanchez. All Star in 2016 and CY Young candidate but fell off due to injuries now he is making a comeback with the Giants and is doing well.
Really?? Interesting.. watched him come up in the Jays system.. volatile is a good word.. crazy movement on his fastball. Crazy how he's getting by now, with very different stuff.
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@nanthrax_1_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
Aaron Sanchez. All Star in 2016 and CY Young candidate but fell off due to injuries now he is making a comeback with the Giants and is doing well.
Really?? Interesting.. watched him come up in the Jays system.. volatile is a good word.. crazy movement on his fastball. Crazy how he's getting by now, with very different stuff.
Yeah he has a 3.18 ERA in 6 starts. Still only 28.
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@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
@nanthrax_1_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
Aaron Sanchez. All Star in 2016 and CY Young candidate but fell off due to injuries now he is making a comeback with the Giants and is doing well.
Really?? Interesting.. watched him come up in the Jays system.. volatile is a good word.. crazy movement on his fastball. Crazy how he's getting by now, with very different stuff.
Yeah he has a 3.18 ERA in 6 starts. Still only 28.
No I know. But he's doing well with very different stuff.. when he was successful as a Jay, he'd overpower guys with a heavy sinker up in the 95-97mph range. Now that sinker is averaging 90mph.. yet he's still getting results..
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@nanthrax_1_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
@nanthrax_1_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
Aaron Sanchez. All Star in 2016 and CY Young candidate but fell off due to injuries now he is making a comeback with the Giants and is doing well.
Really?? Interesting.. watched him come up in the Jays system.. volatile is a good word.. crazy movement on his fastball. Crazy how he's getting by now, with very different stuff.
Yeah he has a 3.18 ERA in 6 starts. Still only 28.
No I know. But he's doing well with very different stuff.. when he was successful as a Jay, he'd overpower guys with a heavy sinker up in the 95-97mph range. Now that sinker is averaging 90mph.. yet he's still getting results..
From 2017-2019 with the Jays he always either injured or dealing with command issues while playing. He keeps the ball on the ground.
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@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
@nanthrax_1_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
@nanthrax_1_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
Aaron Sanchez. All Star in 2016 and CY Young candidate but fell off due to injuries now he is making a comeback with the Giants and is doing well.
Really?? Interesting.. watched him come up in the Jays system.. volatile is a good word.. crazy movement on his fastball. Crazy how he's getting by now, with very different stuff.
Yeah he has a 3.18 ERA in 6 starts. Still only 28.
No I know. But he's doing well with very different stuff.. when he was successful as a Jay, he'd overpower guys with a heavy sinker up in the 95-97mph range. Now that sinker is averaging 90mph.. yet he's still getting results..
From 2017-2019 with the Jays he always either injured or dealing with command issues while playing. He keeps the ball on the ground.
Blisters.. so many blisters...
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@nanthrax_1_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
@nanthrax_1_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
@nanthrax_1_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
Aaron Sanchez. All Star in 2016 and CY Young candidate but fell off due to injuries now he is making a comeback with the Giants and is doing well.
Really?? Interesting.. watched him come up in the Jays system.. volatile is a good word.. crazy movement on his fastball. Crazy how he's getting by now, with very different stuff.
Yeah he has a 3.18 ERA in 6 starts. Still only 28.
No I know. But he's doing well with very different stuff.. when he was successful as a Jay, he'd overpower guys with a heavy sinker up in the 95-97mph range. Now that sinker is averaging 90mph.. yet he's still getting results..
From 2017-2019 with the Jays he always either injured or dealing with command issues while playing. He keeps the ball on the ground.
Blisters.. so many blisters...
Exactly. Giants have guys in the rotation that you would not think of as being great pitchers but there rotation is the biggest reason that they have a 18-13 record right now.
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@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
@nanthrax_1_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
@nanthrax_1_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
@nanthrax_1_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
Aaron Sanchez. All Star in 2016 and CY Young candidate but fell off due to injuries now he is making a comeback with the Giants and is doing well.
Really?? Interesting.. watched him come up in the Jays system.. volatile is a good word.. crazy movement on his fastball. Crazy how he's getting by now, with very different stuff.
Yeah he has a 3.18 ERA in 6 starts. Still only 28.
No I know. But he's doing well with very different stuff.. when he was successful as a Jay, he'd overpower guys with a heavy sinker up in the 95-97mph range. Now that sinker is averaging 90mph.. yet he's still getting results..
From 2017-2019 with the Jays he always either injured or dealing with command issues while playing. He keeps the ball on the ground.
Blisters.. so many blisters...
Exactly. Giants have guys in the rotation that you would not think of as being great pitchers but there rotation is the biggest reason that they have a 18-13 record right now.
100%. Gausman is underrated. My Jays wanted him badly this offseason but he took the QO...
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@nanthrax_1_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
@nanthrax_1_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
@nanthrax_1_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
@nanthrax_1_psn said in Who is your favorite?:
@mlbts_mlbts said in Who is your favorite?:
Aaron Sanchez. All Star in 2016 and CY Young candidate but fell off due to injuries now he is making a comeback with the Giants and is doing well.
Really?? Interesting.. watched him come up in the Jays system.. volatile is a good word.. crazy movement on his fastball. Crazy how he's getting by now, with very different stuff.
Yeah he has a 3.18 ERA in 6 starts. Still only 28.
No I know. But he's doing well with very different stuff.. when he was successful as a Jay, he'd overpower guys with a heavy sinker up in the 95-97mph range. Now that sinker is averaging 90mph.. yet he's still getting results..
From 2017-2019 with the Jays he always either injured or dealing with command issues while playing. He keeps the ball on the ground.
Blisters.. so many blisters...
Exactly. Giants have guys in the rotation that you would not think of as being great pitchers but there rotation is the biggest reason that they have a 18-13 record right now.
100%. Gausman is underrated. My Jays wanted him badly this offseason but he took the QO...
I'm a Canadian so my favorite team is the Jays too. Ray is looking good but Matz has had a couple bad starts recently. Need to acquire pitching at the deadline.
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Steve Matz playoffs during the WS run was awesome!
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Pitchers I have seen play. Orel Hershiser, Fernando, Nomo, Ramon Martinez (Pedro Older Brother) Don Sutton, Kershaw, Gagne. Outside of the Dodgers who have rich History of good to great pitchers, Roy Halladay, Jack Morris, Mike Mussina, Greg, Maddux, These three were fun to watch. Barry Zito, Mark Moulder, and Tim hudson. Doc Gooden, David Cone, Mike Scott.
