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Coolest part to me about the IVB findings are actually how they show that *command* is the critical factor to success.

Jared Jones has tended to get hit hard through his minor league career in spite of plus-plus velo and plus-plus movement, while masters with similar traits like DeGrom and Strider have not, because IVB is only really useful when commanded above the belt. The qualities that make the pitch nearly unhittable when commanded at the top of the zone make it a liability middle-down.

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Ashcraft has been optioned.

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