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Advance Scout: Rays, July 18-20
Published 7/18/2008 by Alex Obal at Batter's Box Interactive Magazine
... Tomorrow, it's Matt Garza. This is how you can tell Scott Kazmir has developed big-league command: Garza has replaced him as the official Best Stuff on the Staff Guy according to TV bullet-point scouting reports. Crazy as it may sound, they might be right. Check out Garza's pitch fx - if you're a hitter and you can't tell his slider and curve apart quickly out of his hand, it's not going to be a fun day and aggressive hacking may be the way to go. ...

The New Matt Garza
Published 7/21/2008 by Peter Bendix at Beyond the Box Score: Front Page Posts
... , and he gets an average of 7.12 inches of run on his fastball (running in on righthanded batters). However, a lot of Garza’s fastballs run even more movement: many of his fastballs move ten inches, and some move up to fifteen inches. This could begin to explain some of his command problems from earlier in the year: Garza’s fastball (his primary pitch) might’ve been moving too much.  ...