Steve Cishek, CL

[Erick]

20.2 innings
2.18 ERA
.92 WHIP
8.71 K/9
1.74 BB/9
52.6 GB%
2.23 FIP

In 25 career big league innings, he's been good enough against lefties and has dominated righties like Randy Choate dominates lefties.

Plus, he had that wild pitch in Seattle. Awesome "fuck this" moment.

[Mainge]

I like him. Mid-90's from that angle is titties.

[Beef]

But "fuck this" moment is different from "oh fuck" moment

[Erick]

I like him. Mid-90's from that angle is titties.

Yeah, it's pretty unique.
Joe Maddon mentioned this after he watched him pitch in Tampa saying that mid-90's from that angle is extremely rare/an extremely difficult at-bat for a right-handed hitter.
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But "fuck this" moment is different from "oh fuck" moment

"Oh fuck" is probably a better description of what happened, yes.

[Erick]

Steve Cishek 2012: Because the Team's Best Reliever Deserves His Own Thread

He continues to be very good.

[Anonymous]

Very good, while only making $480,000!

[Omar]

I hope his arm doesn't fall off

[Fritz]

The guy is a stud.

[Erick]

Steve Cishek 2012: Seems like he's the closer

[Bobbob1313]

They should just call him the closer and make my job easier.

[dim]

Somebody should just take whatever Jonah Hill said in Moneyball about Chad Bradford and relate it to Cishek.

[Erick]

I am not sure what that means.

[HUGG]

Bradford threw 10mph slower than Cishek, so if it's a comparison thing, it's a horrible one.

There aren't many like Cishek. It's very rare to find someone who averages 92 from that motion.

[dim]

I was just gonna go by the "they both throw funny and were undervalued" kinda thing.

[Erick]

I don't think Cishek is undervalued.