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John Johnstone
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents
Pitching He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. But Johnstone, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. 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, Johnstone's curveball tends to hang. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.
Defense & Hitting His pickoff move is only fair. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Johnstone is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Johnstone has some pop in his swing.
2010 Outlook I just don't know if The Free Agents are ever going to get what they expect out of him.
-- Moostard Nyman
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