May 18, 200422 yr Just got back from Roger Dean. AJ pitched great. 4 1/3 scoreless innings - 3 hits - 1 walk and 7 strikeouts. 67 pitches In the first inning 5 out of the first 6 pitches were at 98mph while most of the pitches were around 94-96. He had an outstanding curveball today and wowed the many media folk around homeplate. There were 4 tv crews , 3 radio stations and at least 6 newspapers as well 9 so it will be greatly covered in more detaill). AJ said he felt great and looked forward to his next outing on Sunday.
May 18, 200422 yr :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy Best news of the day!
May 18, 200422 yr wow!! VERY good news! :thumbup :thumbup :thumbup :thumbup :thumbup thanks for the update.
May 18, 200422 yr wow great news...98mph is just awsome some guys never throw that hard again after tommy john surgery....keep up the good work AJ see ya back soon......
May 18, 200422 yr Awesome. Of course by the time he gets his first start, the anticipation will have grown so high that he'll probably go 6 innings & give up 2 runs & we'll whine that he just didn't seem like his old self, .... :lol it's like he'll never meet the expectations, you know... We've got to be patient & let him progress. Most guys don't seem to hit their stride until the 2nd year back. Even so, I can't help it. Seeing him back out there will be such a lift. It's gonna be murder waiting for his first start!
May 18, 200422 yr awesome news. Lest we forget that the year before the injury alot of scouts had came to the general concensus that AJ had the best stuff in baseball based on the number of swings and misses he got in the strikezone. If he's really learned to pitch from the old man, we could be in for a treat in the years to come.
May 18, 200422 yr Outstanding! AJ cleared the first hurdle with ease. Those single A guys must still be wondering what hit them.
May 18, 200422 yr So who from the Marlins was there? Rosenthal probably right, because of the early start and short drive?
May 18, 200422 yr awesome news. Lest we forget that the year before the injury alot of scouts had came to the general concensus that AJ had the best stuff in baseball based on the number of swings and misses he got in the strikezone. If he's really learned to pitch from the old man, we could be in for a treat in the years to come. AJ's interesting to compare to Beckett & Penny. At his best, his fastball and curve is just as good if not better than both of them. Despite the mediocre record in 2002, AJ was just so much fun to watch that season. Arnsberg had tinkered with his delivery & suddenly he was just blowing that "easy gas" by everyone. A better win-loss record & he'd have gotten some Cy Young votes.
May 18, 200422 yr awesome news. Lest we forget that the year before the injury alot of scouts had came to the general concensus that AJ had the best stuff in baseball based on the number of swings and misses he got in the strikezone. If he's really learned to pitch from the old man, we could be in for a treat in the years to come. AJ's interesting to compare to Beckett & Penny. At his best, his fastball and curve is just as good if not better than both of them. Despite the mediocre record in 2002, AJ was just so much fun to watch that season. Arnsberg had tinkered with his delivery & suddenly he was just blowing that "easy gas" by everyone. A better win-loss record & he'd have gotten some Cy Young votes. He was phenomenal in 2002. 5 shutouts is sick!
May 18, 200422 yr What a game he pitched then! Man this is very good news to hear that he feels good and he pitched outstanding.
May 18, 200422 yr That velocity is GREAT news. I hope he stays on schedule so I can see start #2 in Cleveland. :mischief
May 18, 200422 yr What's even better is that our pitching staff teaches guys how to pitch and not throw hard. And after already getting injured, he's not gonna be throwing in the 130 on many nights.
May 18, 200422 yr Just heard it on the news. Burnett looks like he is on track and did better than I thought he would. He is getting that stamina up. Hopefully we will see him in the scheduled 3 weeks in a Marlins uni because we need him ASAP.
May 18, 200422 yr I don't think theres much doubt that AJ has the best stuff on our staff when he's going good. No offense to Beckett, but everything AJ throws is just naturally electric. Its rare that you hear someone talked about as having too much movement on their fastball. AJ's stuff is good enough that he can get away with (or atleast could in the past) not locating sharply. As we've seen this year, if Beckett isn't locating, its going to be a tough night.
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