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Kazuhisa Ishii
Starting Pitcher | Boston Red Sox
Pitching He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Ishii also has a decent changeup. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.
Defense & Hitting Basestealers rarely test him. Ishii comes off the mound hard toward the third base side on his delivery, making it difficult for him to field balls to the right side or to cover first base on a close play. Ishii is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Ishii has some pop in his swing.
-- Moostard Nyman
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