I like his easy-peasy type delivery. There's a Bulldog Maddux in that motion. He looks smoooooooth just standing o the mound. I looked at his B-R page and what jumps off the screen is that he mechanics were totally broke in '14, as his BB rate doubled. Baseballamerica says he was voted the Best Pitching Prospect in the Cali Liague in '12 AND voted the guy with the best control. He ran that good control in '13...and then watched his walk rate jump to 4.7 in '14 as he had his AAA 1st go-around. But it was back down to 1.6 last year.
I like guys who struggle and figure it out!!
Wouldn't be surprised if he tried to overthrow in '14.
His motion makes it look like he wouldn't hurt your hand much in a game of toss. His "heater" comes up there at 89-90. His "look-alike" splitter comes in at 85, then rolls off the table. I bet the darn things look nearly identical, until the nose dive.
I'm a dinosaur, I suppose. But I love that old time smooth delivery. Anybody remember Jim Kaat?
Moe