Unless you have natural ability the likes of Ubaldo Jimenez, you have to have a BRAIN to be a successful starting pitcher at the game's highest level. Parnell stays on a plain with the opposing hitters' belts, which is an obvious recipe for disaster. He has extreme difficulty shooting the knees, and that's why his 96 MPH heaters get smacked around like 87 or 88.
Ubaldo Jimenez
17 September 2009
closer to a AAA pitcher than a major leaguer.
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22 July 2008
either of them has a terribly good ERA at Coors (Astacio, 7.32; Francis 4.48).
Then there’s Ubaldo Jimenez, the lanky Dominican with a thunderbolt for an arm. He’s the Next Great Thing for Colorado, the guy who dazzled in Colorado’s magical 2008 postseason (their best trick was disappearing in the World Series). Jimenez, like the rest of the team, was lights-out before the Series—but unlike them, he did pretty well against Boston. In two games before the Series, he gave up two runs and eight hits over eleven innings; in the Series itself, he gave up two runs over four-and-two-thirds innings, though that saddled him with the loss. His final postseason line was 0-1 with a 2.25 ERA; his only real black eye was the 13-13 K:BB ratio.
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