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Tom Fisher
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents
Pitching Fisher has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. If you're going in to face Fisher, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Fisher, and that's saying a lot. When you throw a curveball, it better break. Hanging curves equal earned runs in this league, you just can't get away with them. Unfortunately, Fisher's curveball tends to hang. He comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties.
Defense & Hitting He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. He doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. Fisher is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Fisher has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Fisher as a pinch-runner on occasion.
2010 Outlook What The Free Agents was thinking when they signed Fisher to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks. But if you ask me, I'll pass on Fisher.
-- Moostard Nyman
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