[quote=“Lizard King”][quote=“ian demagi”]Glavine dominates and he doesnt throw very hard. Stu Miller was a dominant closer known for “slowing them to death.” Tommy John got gound ball out after groundball out-he was dominant, very dominant. He rarely struck anyone out.
Seriously, throw strikes!If you cant do that, you wont even get mound time. The guy that closes for us in two innings threw 17 strikes and 3 balls.
He is medium fast with a nasty breaking ball and a good sinker, Ian.[/quote]
Getting ground out’s is not dominant. Striking out two people on six strikes like papelbon is dominant. Your just good if you get a lot of ground balls. If your dominant, the hitters can’t even make contact on a lot of your pitches, i.e. you pitch to K not to ground out.[/quote]Lizard King…that is a terrible comment, how is getting ground ball outs not dominant??? there are different types of pitchers- power pitchers and more of a control pitcher, now you can split those two parts up into two types of pitchers. groundball pitchers and strikeout pitchers…control pitcher who gets groundballs- gregg maddux, control pitcher who gets k’s- barry zito used to, look at josh beckett, power pitcher, gets quite a few strikeouts, but look at his groundball to fly ball ratio, i have a feeling its pretty much leaning towards more groundballs than flyballs dominate- be in control…thats a definition from dictionary.com…groundball after groundball is in control also, if your a strikeout pitcher, your going to be throwing a lot of pitches and struggling to get to the 8th inning, groundball pitchers can get an out or two by throwing 5 or 6 pitches…when thats almost a full at bat for a pitcher who goes for k’s…think about it