Today's game will be at one, and it will be on the internets, maybe on the radio too; I'm not sure.
Victor Santos starts for us. STATS wrote this about him going into last season:
Santos is a finesse pitcher with good mechanics and excellent control. Like Wes Obermueller, he pitched exclusively to Gary Bennett and had the best season of his career. The matchup worked well, as Bennett usually calls for a curve on one of the first two pitches, and Santos' overhand curveball is his best pitch. Santos also throws two- and four-seam fastballs, a slider, split-finger pitch and changeup. In most games, he will use the changeup or the splitter, but not both. Lefthanded hitters tend to hit the ball in the air, while his outs from righthanders come about equally on groundballs and flyballs.
So, is all that still true? He has pitched in some of the worst places in his short career - Colorado, Texas. The Bucs would be nuts to throw him back soon, so I expect he'll win one of the April rotation spots.
The last time Santos pitched, the broadcasting crew had a "first webcast ever" party and forgot to tell us much of anything about what Santos was doing on the mound. I should have the game on today for sure, and hopefully I'll figure out if there's any reason not to think Santos can be as effective as say Josh Fogg.
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