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Yu Darvish's Curveball - We wanted to see a little more dominance from Darvish as he faced the weak Padres offense, but we still got some filthy pitches from the Texas ace, like this 74mph Curveball that fell from the sky to fall elegantly into the glove for a called strike three.
McCullers…due to be bestowed with the heralded “AGA” title soon? His stuff is just sick, and consistently so.
It seems like he’s a better pitcher than the 20th ranked guy in the league. Not to criticize your rankings, because (as I’ve said before), you guys are the quickest to recognize a guy’s permanent-looking improvements…but I’m not sure I’d immediately take an Arrieta for McCullers offer anymore.
Interested to see where he sits tomorrow…and I”m glad I’m not trying to rank the top 20 pitchers this week. Some tough calls in there.