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Akeer Wooden
Starting Pitcher | Ottawa Milk Men
Pitching Wooden throws a nice sinker... The rookies never seem to know when it's coming. Wooden can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Wooden has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. Wooden also has a decent changeup. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. When you throw a curveball, it better break. Hanging curves equal earned runs in this league, you just can't get away with them. Unfortunately, Wooden's curveball tends to hang. Dating back to his days in the minors, Wooden has been more effective against righthanders than lefthanders.
Defense & Hitting He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. He doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. Wooden is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Wooden has some pop in his swing.
-- Moostard Nyman
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