shack009 said:
WestTexasAg said:
Jose LeClerc - Does he remind anyone else of Neftali Feliz back in 2010-2011? Both a little wild at times, but tough to hit. Good closers, but still make your nervous. LeClerc may actually have a little better stuff than Feliz had.
I was getting major Neftali-vibes watching him in the 9th. Neftali probably had slightly better stuff and was definitely more of an easy motion, but it seems like we'll get the same high velocity, high risk-high reward type of 9th innings as we did in 10-11.
They are both similar in their look and build, but stuff is nothing alike. Feliz could touch 100 on his fastball and had his secondary off-speed pitches would back-breaking because of that.
LeClerc has done an excellent job for us this year, but he has to have his off-speed setup his fastball and even then his best pitch (slider) relies heavily on players chasing.
I'm glad the rest of the league hasn't caught on yet, but the best route to take with LeClerc is simply not to swing at the slider because it's out of the strikezone most of the time.