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Deon Ralph
Starting Pitcher | Cobourg Stampeders
Pitching Ralph 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. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties.
Defense & Hitting He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Ralph is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Ralph has some pop in his swing.
-- Moostard Nyman
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