I will admit that I was unimpressed when the Twins signed Hernandez.
I had visions of the whole Ponson/Ortiz debacle. I am kind of
starting to think he's going to be OK. He got roughed up a time or
two, but man, in his last two starts he is 2-0, with an ERA of 1.13,
with 7 SO and 3 walks. He already has almost as many wins (5) as
Ponson and Ortiz together had last year (6), and far fewer losses (1
for Livo and 9 for the other two).
You have to wonder how long batters will be fooled by his pitches. I
mean they certainly had no answer for him this week or last, but he is
pretty unorthodox. That slow curve reminds me of a sucker pitch my
brother used to throw me for an out pitch. It was this big high
arching pitch that was going so slow I just couldn't lay off it. But
it was just about impossible to hit, because by the time it got to the
plate it was falling almost vertically.
brianj
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