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Cleophus Hakanson
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents
Pitching Hakanson likes to get hitters looking down and away, then ties them up by coming inside with hard stuff, getting a lot of groundball outs. Though Hakanson can't just blow the ball by hitters, he has some giddyup on his fastball. He has an above-average changeup and the ability to throw from a variety of arm angles. The Free Agents 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. Steals sometimes unnerve Hakanson, who isn't blessed with extraordinary self-confidence. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Hakanson, and that's saying a lot. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.
Defense & Hitting Hakanson has an impressive presence on the mound, always taking an aggressive posture. He doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. Hakanson is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Hakanson has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Hakanson as a pinch-runner on occasion.
2014 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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