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Nick McKee
Starting Pitcher | Guelph Storm
Pitching McKee likes to get hitters looking down and away, then ties them up by coming inside with hard stuff, getting a lot of groundball outs. He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. In his first taste of the majors, he has kept righthanders in check but wasn't as effective against lefties.
Defense & Hitting He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. McKee doesn't make much of an attempt to combat the running game. Basestealers ran at will last year. McKee is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but McKee has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Guelph Storm have been known to use McKee as a pinch-runner on occasion.
-- Moostard Nyman
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