NOBODY hit that fastball. All he had in the minors was a fastball, and when he got to the bigs he would throw just fastballs for 4+ innings. Until the 3rd time through the lineup he was pretty good at just using one pitch, too, even in the majors.
He demolished the minor leagues easily with just the fastball. Campos might have the facility to do the same.
Doesn't mean he'll make it as a starter, but his arm is terrific. He'll get time to find other pitches while he hammers opposing lineups with the heat. I don't think he can be a successful ML starter with just the FB - even Schilling needed something other than the heat - but he can be a handful with that pitch in some scenario.
I just want him to stay healthy and keep learning. He was weirded out by pitching in front of more than 20 people to start this season - that hadn't really happened to him before, certainly in opponents' ballparks. He was startled by fans yelling at him because he wasn't used to fans watching him at all.
By the end of the season it was old hat. He's in the middle of a massive learning curve, and he'll get the years Soriano did to prove or disprove the theory that another pitch is on the way.
~G
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