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Dud Bouillion
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players
Pitching He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. Bouillion has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. But Bouillion, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. He comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties.
Defense & Hitting Though he lacks a good pickoff move, he checks the running game with a compact stretch delivery. He hurts himself by falling awkwardly off the mound in his follow-through, which allows too many balls to go through the middle for base hits. Bouillion is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Bouillion has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Bouillion as a pinch-runner on occasion.
-- Moostard Nyman
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