Stephenson on the mound for Dayton. First batter, 96, 97 and breaking ball three pitch strikeout.
Stephenson on the mound for Dayton. First batter, 96, 97 and breaking ball three pitch strikeout.
Just hit 101!
Stadium gun read 101 on a pitch to the second batter. 5 scouts here....their eyes are lighting up.
This will not change until the Reds win the World Series.......
April 28, 2006.
Struck out the side, wow.
Is this kid for real? Geez.
That is scary throwing that hard. My arm just aches at the thought of it.
Redseer, how close to accurate is that stadium gun?
Yorman Rodriguez with a double and a walk so far tonight. Battled for that walk after falling behind 1-2. Fouled off a few pitches and took a few more.
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April 28, 2006.
I know Stephenson can throw that hard, it just doesn't mean that he is every time out.
As for Bailey, I saw him at 94-96, touching 98 in the minors. That didn't last for the whole time he was in the minors, but there was a time when he could do that for long stretches of time.
No disagreement from me. But I think it was to tough on his arm or at least he thinks so. Starting pitchers generally don't want to pitch from their max effort and I think 94-98mph was all from full effort while 91-95mph is his cruising speed. Still a good arm, classic righty.
Stephs got a elite arm though. I bet 95mph is his cruising speed.
That is what some people think, but he also went through a somewhat consistant velocity surge in 2009, mainly the 2nd half of the year........then had arm problems in 2010-11
I just think throwing 94-98mph was to hard for him. He seems to be comfortable in the 92-94mph range most nights. Which is fine if he can keep refining his breaking stuff. If he gets it to Mat Latos level, he would be pretty good. Matt Cain doesn't throw nearly as hard as he did a couple of years ago either, but that offspeed stuff is super good.
Stephenson topping out around 100 tells me he has one of those "elite" type of arms like Chapman. I would take a Verlander type approach and tell him to save the big gas for later in the game though.
Sitting right behind home plate. Fastball sitting 95-98, topping out in triple digits. Has a little bit of sink on it, too. Curve around 77-79, good downward bite. He's showing a change in warmups, 84-86 mph, maybe a little bit of downward movement. Probably will need some work in the future
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April 28, 2006.
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