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Rich DeLucia
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players
Pitching DeLucia has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. The Retired or Inactive Players hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. But DeLucia, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. He's trying to develop a sinker, but as of yet it's been well below par. 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's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. DeLucia is nothing special in the field. DeLucia is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but DeLucia has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use DeLucia as a pinch-runner on occasion.
2010 Outlook If DeLucia doesn't perform, the Retired or Inactive Players won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.
-- Moostard Nyman
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