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| 14th November, 2008 - 7:44 pm | MLB.com - Francisco Rodriguez's agent Paul Kinzer still believes that the closer can the bring the heat.
"Frankie can still throw 96, 97 [mph] any time he wants to," said Kinzer, who had fielded "four or five" early phone calls from clubs about Rodriguez on the first day of free agent.
"In the last series [of the regular season] the Angels had against the Mariners, Frankie threw 96, 96, 97 to strike out Raul Ibanez [leading off the ninth inning]," Kinzer added. "After the game, Frankie laughed and said, 'See? I told you so'."
Rodriguez had a Major League-record 62 saves this season.
"He'd been telling me that he cut down the velocity to make his changeup more effective. He found that when he was throwing in the mid-90s, his changeup came up in velocity and was almost like a batting-practice fastball," Kinzer said. [READ] |
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