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Pablo Burrel
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players
Pitching Burrel can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Burrel also throws a screwball. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. But Burrel, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. When you throw a curveball, it better break. Hanging curves equal earned runs in this league, you just can't get away with them. Unfortunately, Burrel's curveball tends to hang. In his first taste of the majors, he has kept lefthanders in check but wasn't as effective against righties.
Defense & Hitting His pickoff move is only fair. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Burrel is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Burrel has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Burrel as a pinch-runner on occasion.
-- Moostard Nyman
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