Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Aroldis Chapman=Wow


Aroldis Chapman is legit (so far), very legit

Lets just start with the rundown of his lone inning of work last night in his major league debut against the Brewers:
-Against Johnathan Lucroy : 98 mph fastball (called strike); 86 (cutter, swinging strike); 103 (fastball, foul); 87 (slider, swinging strike 3).
-Against Craig Counsell  100 (fastball, swinging strike); 103 (fastball, groundout to short).
-Against Carlos Gomez  101 (fastball, ball); 99 (fastball, groundout to second). End inning.

It's hard not to say wow, unless your Bronson Arroyo and all he had to say was,"There are probably less than 10 guys that have ever walked the Earth that have ever thrown that hard.”

Then all he did tonight was earn his first win after pitching a scoreless 7th inning for the reds that included two strikeouts and topping out at close to 104 mph. With Stephen Strasburg done for the year, this guy is next big thing.

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