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Anybody ever read "Ninety-two in the Shade" by Tom McGuane? It's been years for me. I liked "Nothing but Blue Skies" much better, BTW.
But with Maurer on the mound it is Ninety Seven in the Shade. There isn't much place to run and hide, especially if he pitches with that first game hair-on-fire pace. Doc, I would prefer he not even shake off Zunino: Get the ball, look at the fingers and then rock and roll. That kind of pace, with his Nuke Laloosh FB and Oh Oh! change would be very disconcerting to a hitter. Everything has sped up, pace and heat, which makes the change even more of a weapon. And you're dead on on the cutter. If he treats it more like a hopped up slider and throws it "nearly" at the back foot to lefties, then it is really something. If not overused.
But if I'm Rick Waits, I'm telling him to let Zunino do the thinking. You've got all the ingredients kid, now the recipe is trust, nod and fire. Quickly.....