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Edgardo Byington
Starting Pitcher | West Bay Red Skulls
Pitching He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. His slider is sharp and breaks both horizontally and vertically. His curveball is solid; he throws it better than your average starter. Byington can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.
Defense & Hitting His move to first isn't very good, but his delivery is fairly quick and he isn't overly vulnerable to the stolen base. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Byington is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Byington has some pop in his swing.
-- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout
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