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Marcus Stroman's Comps

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http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/marcus-stromans-absurd-set-of-pitch-comps/

 

I'll just let you get your lube and tissues ready.

 

So, let’s review. When Stroman figured out his repertoire, he leaned most heavily on his sinker, and that compares best with Roy Halladay’s sinker. His next-most frequent pitch was the four-seamer, and that compares best with Johnny Cueto’s four-seamer. Then a curveball, that most closely compares to breaking balls thrown by Jose Fernandez, Yu Darvish, and Corey Kluber. Stroman also regularly mixed in a cutter that most closely compares to Josh Beckett’s late-career cutter, but right behind Beckett, we find Cueto again. Stroman’s fifth pitch down the stretch was a slider most reminiscent of Gerrit Cole and Chris Archer’s sliders. Finally, Stroman occasionally folded in a changeup we shouldn’t talk about much. Changeups are hard, and for some guys they’re unnecessary.
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Marcus Stroman has got some weapons. Consider him excessively armed and absolutely terrifying.

 

At the heart of all this: an absolutely dream-worthy repertoire. Look at it this way, and you’d think Marcus Stroman is a guy we made up. I can assure you, he’s very much real.

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It wasn't too long ago that we had the starting or reliever question for Stroman early on in 2014. We're having the same stuff about that with Sanchez.

 

Who knows what we'll be talking about in 2015...

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Imagine Norris shreds up ST and wins a spot in the rotation. Could anyone have predicted this ascension 2yrs ago of all our young arms clicking at once.
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Blue Jays fans derived a modest thrill from seeing Stroman compared to one of the best franchise pitchers ever.

 

That's not how you spell "raging erection".

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Hello all. New to the forum...

 

I wish there was something I could sacrifice to the baseball gods to make sure he doesn't get hurt in the near future. Insane comps..

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Remember when AA almost traded him for Bud Norris .....

That wasn't going to happen though, have some trust in AA! Remember when Jays fans were down on Stro after he gave up a couple homers in his brief relief career? I batted them on Twitter lol

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