BIG TIME STRIKEOUTS FOR HOYT
Source: American Association News
Independent Baseball Insider by Bob Wirz With the American Association season underway, scouts are no doubt hoping to find more future major leaguers the likes of Houston’s James Hoyt (Wichita, 2012), who is making a big time impression on the front-running Astros now that they have found room for him on their 25-man roster. The 30-year-old right-hander has struck out 18 major league hitters in only eight innings spread over six relief appearances as he has won his only decision and put up a 1.13 earned run average. Hoyt’s slider–or splitter, depending on who one is talking to–is his bread and butter as Grant Brisbee explained recently in an SBNation.com feature on the Idaho native. “It’s a fine slider. And Hoyt throws it a lot. He’ll throw it when he’s ahead in the count, of course, to get hitters to chase. “It’s the kind of slider he can throw five times in an at-bat, and still get the hitter to chase the sixth time. More importantly, perhaps, is that Hoyt can pitch backwards with it, throwing it for strikes when he needs to even up the count. “He’ll throw it to steal a strike on the first pitch of an at-bat.…
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