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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
I don't think they're rushing Singer, I think they're just trying to keep him throwing and developing.
They've been working on the change up for a few years now and it just hasn't come along. I don't think it is going to come along.
He's going to need to find something to use against LH to hit that #3 starter upside. I still think a splitter/cutter (or maybe both) is the answer. He has the frame and enormous hands (apparently) so he might be able to do either. I ust don't think he's picking up the change they're trying to teach him (KC has traditionally been a very heavy circle change team in the past).
I think Kowar ends up as a closer. His FB-CH combo is really good (and his FB velocity could ramp into upper 90s easily in one-inning stints) but the curveball just isn't consistent. I watched him yesterday and that thing was not good. I'm growing skeptical he's going to find the feel for it... which is fine (as long as not all of them turn into back-end bullpen guys).
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What's his arm angle?
Some guys just do not come directly enough to the plate to utilize a cutter against off-handed hitters. I don't know enough about him to really speak to it, but if he's a guy that comes from a 3/4 arm slot and/or pitches from the 3rd base side of the rubber, a cutter's just gonna stay wide or drift right into the hitting zone unless it's an absolute monster.
Lance Lynn never figured out a 3rd pitch AND he never learned to get lefties out with any regularity but developed into a solid mid-rotation starter by simply having brass balls out there. Guy was tenacious as hell and reports on Singers makeup seem similar.
Even without a changeup, he can survive by limiting walks and keeping lefties to singles/doubles if he can command his fastball well enough. Won't make him an ace but it'll make him credible.