The plan for dealing with the Phillies’ hitters has been out for a while now. Long enough that the cookbook containing the recipe can be found on the clearance racks: throw them breaking balls. Maybe it’s not even a recipe: like making scrambled eggs, its a simple enough strategy that it doesn’t need elaboration. Pepper them with pitches that move and they’ll chase, they’ll reach, they’ll get themselves out. In the midst of that mighty struggle of though, is another, less talked-about competition. As his teammates have battled against the breaking ball and the bendy stuff, Bryson Stott has quietly waged war against the fastball.
Stott vs. Speed
