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Joe Atkinson
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents
Pitching Atkinson also throws a screwball. If you're going in to face Atkinson, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Atkinson, and that's saying a lot. He changes speeds well enough to keep righthanders from teeing off on him.
Defense & Hitting Teams run on him more than they do most lefthanders. He hurts himself by falling awkwardly off the mound in his follow-through, which allows too many balls to go through the middle for base hits. Atkinson is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Atkinson has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Atkinson as a pinch-runner on occasion.
2014 Outlook But if you ask me, I'll pass on Atkinson.
-- Moostard Nyman
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