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Charlie Thomas
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents
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. He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Thomas, and that's saying a lot. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.
Defense & Hitting His slow delivery makes him fairly easy to steal upon, but Thomas helps himself by holding runners with throws to first, and with slide steps and varied deliveries to home. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Thomas is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Thomas has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Thomas 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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