interesting note in the fangraph comments - his first pitch strike rate is 53%, versus 60% overall.
Guess what McCatty is going to focus on?
And top 10 comparables over the last 2 years:
(K9, BB9, GB/FB)
Gio Gonzalez (8.23, 4.09, 1.40)
1 Jorge de la Rosa (8.22, 3.84, 1.55)
2 Felipe Paulino (8.37, 3.97, 1.13)
3 Ubaldo Jimenez (8.65, 3.73, 1.41)
4 Ryan Dempster (8.6, 3.62, 1.27)
5 Francisco Liriano (8.62, 3.64, 1.66)
6 C.J. Wilson (7.92, 3.52, 1.51)
7 A.J. Burnett (7.60, 3.85, 1.35)
8 Tom Gorzelanny (7.91, 3.77, 0.89)
9 Jhoulys Chacin (7.66, 4.04, 1.83)
10 James McDonald (7.80, 3.90, 0.86)