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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
Yesavage was great.
The thing with that split is it looks more like a split change, and he can locate it incredibly well. Don't need to look much further than Gausman to see a pretty great career can be carved out with essentially 2 pitches and a sometimes 3rd pitch look.
For Yesavage to profile as an ace, IMO a third pitch (is it the slider?) will be essential to keep hitters honest.
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Yeah, the slider. And it breaks the opposite way (arm side opposed to glove side) of most.
Of his 78 total pitches yesterday, he threw 35 fastballs, 29 splitters, and 14 sliders. The fastball touched 96.2 mph, while the splitter topped at 85.7 mph.