knightni Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Tom Fornelli posted Levine's Twitter post: RT @espnchicago: Bruce Levine: Freddy Garcia threw 45 pitches and had good life on his fastball and breaking ball, but not much control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish71 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 02:55 PM) Tom Fornelli posted Levine's Twitter post: RT @espnchicago: Bruce Levine: Freddy Garcia threw 45 pitches and had good life on his fastball and breaking ball, but not much control. I want to see what a radar gun says for the good life before I get excited. Freddy lobbing 84 mph fastballs is not going to work out well. He needs to be 89 to 91 to be effective. At least he has excellent secondary stuff, unlike Colon who pumps in fastball after fastball and hopes movement gets him by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 02:56 PM) I want to see what a radar gun says for the good life before I get excited. Freddy lobbing 84 mph fastballs is not going to work out well. He needs to be 89 to 91 to be effective. At least he has excellent secondary stuff, unlike Colon who pumps in fastball after fastball and hopes movement gets him by. Well, he threw like 85-86 against us last year in game 162 and we only got him for one run in 5 innings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosMediasBlancas Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Sounds like 'Sweaty Freddie' might be in debt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ginger Kid Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 12:56 PM) I want to see what a radar gun says for the good life before I get excited. Freddy lobbing 84 mph fastballs is not going to work out well. He needs to be 89 to 91 to be effective. At least he has excellent secondary stuff, unlike Colon who pumps in fastball after fastball and hopes movement gets him by. He really is effective if he can get to those speeds. Not dominant like he was, but very effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeFabregas Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Didn't he start throwing a knuckle-curve in his last few games with us? Did he keep using that pitch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elrockinMT Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 20, 2009 -> 07:56 PM) I want to see what a radar gun says for the good life before I get excited. Freddy lobbing 84 mph fastballs is not going to work out well. He needs to be 89 to 91 to be effective. At least he has excellent secondary stuff, unlike Colon who pumps in fastball after fastball and hopes movement gets him by. Freddie is quoted as saying he can throw 88-90. I hope he can make it back. Fraddie Garcia is a battler out there on the mound Edited July 20, 2009 by elrockinMT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 (edited) From what I just heard on Comcast, Freddy was bragging about what he could do to Ozzie and Ozzie said he backed it up and was impressed. Cooper also was impressed saying Garcia could command the curve slider ,and change any time and has great feel on those pitches but was also impressed by his fastball and command. One more side session and if that goes well 4-5 starts in the minors. Edited July 21, 2009 by CaliSoxFanViaSWside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderBolt Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Coop seemed really confident that Garcia would be pitching for the Sox by the end of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Once again, getting the gang back together. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschmaranz Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Gotta at least give him credit for not giving up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beck72 Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Sounds like a better option than Bartolo [batting practice] Colon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 If Garcia can throw 90, he is a better 5th starter option than anyone else in our organization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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