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Akhileshwa Harvard
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. 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, Harvard's curveball tends to hang. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.
Defense & Hitting Harvard is nothing special in the field. Harvard doesn't make much of an attempt to combat the running game. Basestealers ran at will last year. Harvard is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Harvard has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Harvard as a pinch-runner on occasion.
2025 Outlook If Harvard doesn't perform, the Retired or Inactive Players won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.
-- Moostard Nyman
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