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Khalil Halgas
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players
Pitching His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. The Retired or Inactive Players hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! 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, Halgas's curveball tends to hang. He changes speeds well enough to keep righthanders from teeing off on him.
Defense & Hitting He's average in terms of controlling the running game. 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. Halgas is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Halgas has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Halgas as a pinch-runner on occasion.
-- Moostard Nyman
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