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Originally Posted by thurman merman
What ever happened to the idea of Crow starting, anyway?
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It was scrapped about the time Soria's elbow went kablooey.
Whether that's because they decided they needed him in the pen (because they saw the way the SP was going to break down) or because he still can't throw a reliable third pitch that allows him to get through an order multiple times, I don't know.
His fastball plays down as a starting, from sitting at 95 to sitting at 92-93. He has enough movement that it should still be above-average (but not PLUS like it is out of the pen).
His slider would play the same.
The question is whether his curve/change are good enough weapons to make him a starter. They should be, but for whatever reason, they weren't and haven't been yet.