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Pagan is a good one to watch because of his control. Diaz, Altavilla, Pazos and Phelps cleared 10 K/9 but walked-a-plenty.  By K/BB you only have Pagan, Overton and Vincent above Diaz's 2.78 from the pen.  Other than Phelps they are young enough to think any could improve in that aspect but not reliably.  Having a BB/9 of 4 gets scary often as we all saw from these 4 guys who are a big chunk of the pen.  When I'm saying we need help there it's not a lack of talent but control.  We have too much of a shakier though powerful kind of talent and not enough guys like Pagan.  But then Pagan was never the Pagan we're talking about before his promotion, always walking 1+ more per 9.  There are some interesting names to watch this fall and spring from the minors but I think we need a shot in the arm now.  We really can't be sure Pagan won't be the 3.some BB/9 guy all over again next year anyway.

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