I thought the word was out on that a couple years ago?
He's been pulling the 110 pitches in 6 innings thing all year. Most of the time he manages to pull it off okay.
8) Jay Gibbons is a less expensive and more productive version of Trot Nixon
No question about less expensive ($7.5 vs 2.6), and Trot does tend to get hurt, but when healthy he's a consistently better hitter than Gibbons. 860 career OPS vs 776, not even close. This is the first year Gibbons will break .800 OPS, unless he slumps in the final week. Trot has never had a season below .800.
5) Hanson has a damn good fastball but until he learns a good offspeed pitch that can be relied upon for strikes, he will get lit up.
My hunch is that his slider is a fine one, but that he's not confident in throwing it to major leaguers, knowing what they'll be able to hit and what they won't, considering he's pitched only 1 2/3 innings above AA. Basically he needs Spring Training to be at full effectiveness.
Good teams will work Clement's pitch count and once they get a man on base he works from the stretch and it gets even worse. Movement is a good thing to have but if the ball is going to break inside/outside/down then you either have to figure out how to get close enough to get them to swing at it or be able to spot a straight pitch that gets you a strike and makes them have to wave at your off plate stuff.
The differences between the two guys comes down to walks and the fact that Nixon has been in the majors 4 years longer than Gibbons. Gibbons has more pop in his bat and he plays every day whereas Nixon has to sit against lefties. I like Trot but he is overpaid for what he provides.
Hanson doesn't have his slider right now and won't likely get it back until next year. He also needs to be able to throw a change or split to support his fastball. There's talk that they might like him as a starting pitcher in the future and if he can master a 3rd pitch he's going to be pretty good in that role.