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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
His overall numbers were hugely inflated by his first half. Second half his K/9 fell a ton and his BB/9 spiked over 6. Players just learned to lay off his breaking ball that he rarely can throw for a strike.
So, some mechanical adjustments are likely needed, and more importantly some mental ones. I saw a guy in the regular season and playoffs that looked like he had the yips.
I'm not as confident what we have in Little is anything resembling an elite relief pitcher.
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That's my concern too. Once teams knew to lay off his breaking stuff, because it will probably be a ball, he became really ineffective. Either walks or hard hit balls. Not much else.