Garza Needs to Throw Strikes

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58% strikes today. In the games Garza has done well he's broken the 60% strike rate, in games he has not he's stayed in the 55-58 range. I'm not sure if 60% strikes is the magic number for success (I intend to do some research on it) but for all pitchers the number one must for production is throwing strikes. You must to last, if you don't, you won't. This goes for Garza, Edwin, Shields, ... [link]

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Rays Run Themselves Out of Victory
Published 5/18/2008 by Tommy Rancel at Outs Per Swing
... Speaking of Garza, he’s going to need to rely on his secondary pitches. When your curveball is a plus pitch you need to use it, please. He’s been more than a little fastball reliant lately, click for the numbers ran by R.J. Anderson.  He also got a bit of bad luck when a 2-1 pitch was called a ball instead of a strike with the bases loaded. He walked in a run on the next pitch. The ball looked like a strike to me. ...

What's Wrong With Garza/Delmon?
Published 5/18/2008 by R.J. Anderson at Beyond the Box Score: Front Page Posts
... Now on to Garza. I touched on his problems a bit yesterday on DRaysBay and it sound stupid. Of course a pitcher has to throw strikes to be successful, but take a look at his pitches yesterday: ...

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