The only thing I'd say that's left is that his command of his fastball, slider and split is a hair off.
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His arm strength is right where it was before he (got hurt). If you asked me if there was anything I didn't like, I'd only say that, in general, the quality and crispness of his pitches wasn't quite as good as when he left. But he's not far away at all. If they decided to have him pitch in the majors, I don't think it would be a problem.Gil Patterson
You always hear about how short life is, and to be kind. This was before his time.
Gil Patterson
At the end of spring he wrote me a nice note saying that he enjoyed our talks about baseball, even if I didn't agree with him about the rubber.
Gil Patterson
When people see him pitch for the first time, they see someone with average stuff, average sinker, average change, average breaking ball,
Gil Patterson
He's going to make them rip that uniform off his back, he loves it so much. You wonder why someone didn't give him a chance earlier. You know it's because he doesn't throw 94, 95 mph.
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