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Steve Trachsel
Starting Pitcher | Chicago White Sox
Pitching It's tough to get much loft on the ball against him, as he works down in the strike zone to begin with and his two-seamer produces mostly groundballs. Trachsel throws a nice sinker... The rookies never seem to know when it's coming. His curveball is solid; he throws it better than your average starter. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. The Chicago White Sox 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. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.
Defense & Hitting He's average in terms of controlling the running game. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Trachsel is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Trachsel has some pop in his swing.
-- Moostard Nyman
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