Could this Pirates pitcher be the future No. 2 starter?
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What performance did Braxton Ashcraft deliver in his latest outing?
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Matt Clement with us as we tease to a guy who had a really good first start, Matt. Braxton Ashcraft, who I think can truly be a pitcher for them that explodes in a way where solid fastball, not 100, but still throwing right around 97. I didn't know he had that type of stuff in him. Good curveball, good delivery. I don't see why his upside can't be as a No. 2 starting pitcher in their rotation, even having the high upside of a Bubba Chandler and the types of arms that they have with Jared Jones coming back and the sustained success of Mitch Keller.
Yeah, he was very impressive. And I think what really got him going is, and we talked about this in the first hour, he kept dropping the curveball in for strike one. And it wasn't a bad curveball. I wouldn't call it a get-me-over curveball, but it was one that was consistently, consistently getting him ahead strike one. And then, you know, it's funny when you say $97 fastball is like a normal fastball in today's day and age. It's kind of scary. But, like, he's throwing hard enough. The pitch selection's there enough. You know, these guys are built. They look like starting pitchers. They look like they can be horses for, like, the whole year. And I think that, you know... This is how winning teams are built.
Somebody like Ashcraft could end up being your number two, even if he's your number two for two months of the season, we'll say. He pitches like an absolute stud for two months of the season, and then maybe it's Chandler or maybe it's Keller or whoever else takes that spot. ride the hot hand, whoever the alternate is. Yeah, they don't have to be in the right order, but somebody is just like, every time you give him the ball, he's going six innings, he's going seven innings, he's going eight innings, and getting them deep in games and saving the bullpen, and when they get a lead, he wins the game and finishes it off. And he's a very impressive first outing. I'm anxious to see the next one as it comes along.
He went six, three strikeouts, four walks, four hits, allowed two runs against the Reds, both runs coming in the fourth inning. That was on Monday in that game. He has the potential. This whole rotation pretty much has the potential to make this, I would say, a top five rotation in the game.
Absolutely. Absolutely. Just because I think you have, you have Barco and Jared Jones that are in this rotation too, in my eyes.
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