he followed up that 7 inn., 7k performance with another gem on wednesday. he pitched 6 inn, with 1 hit, 2bb, 6k and 1 er. reports are that he threw three solid pitches (a fastball, change and slider) with his fastball touching 96.
familia got 7 groundball outs v 3 fly ball outs which is why he does not give up many hrs. the 2bb is a good sign as well.
by my account he has pitched 13 innings, with 2 hits, 2bb and 1er and 13ks. a lot of good signs here
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keith law of espn had this to say about jeurys familia in his chat yesterday:
Q: Any chance Familia can be a starter? what do he need to develop and can he do it?
A: Command, and maybe a second pitch. He's a live arm - very live - but that's kind of it.
A: Familia's a reliever, or less
granted it's only high-a ball, but familia is ony 21 years old and has shown better command as evidenced by his lower bb rate and high k rate. not sure what his swing and miss rate is, but reports were that his change-up looked great in his last start.
if law says he needs better command and a second pitch, perhaps that is exactly what he's working on. it's a long way until we'll know what his future is for sure. until then we can always dream.
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