BANGERS AND MASH
April 04, 2011
Stuff: heaters and hammers, splitters and cutters, Uncle Charlies and Lord Charleses. Stuff describes the weaponry one side carries into the game's most elemental battle: pitcher versus batter. Hurlers either have stuff or they don't—and when they do, it's the major league hitter's job to figure out how to handle it.
CARLOS GONZALEZ
Rockies 3.81
SCOTT ROLEN
Reds 3.50
RYAN ZIMMERMAN
Nationals 3.23
SPLIT-FINGERED FASTBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
CARL CRAWFORD
Red Sox 26.90
MIKE NAPOLI
Rangers 22.38
BRETT GARDNER
Yankees 10.26
PAUL KONERKO
White Sox 9.83
B.J. UPTON
Rays 8.58