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Masato Surhoff
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players
Pitching Surhoff can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Surhoff has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties.
Defense & Hitting Surhoff does an average job of holding runners. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Surhoff is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Surhoff has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Surhoff as a pinch-runner on occasion.
-- Ska Nyman, A-Ball Scout
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