Comments on: A Closer Look: Matt German

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:10:53 +0000

He is 6’0 maybe a tad taller. I have never seen him pitch I know because he is my neighbor.

By: the fish

the fish — Sat, 02 May 2009 03:40:37 +0000

“Daal had better stuff than either of these guys”

Yeah, he was high 80′s- though at the end i guess he did slip to the low 80s, but that isn’t when he was successful.

By: Der-K

Der-K — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:53:06 +0000

I actually followed both German and Swindle a teeny bit in college – they’re similar players (though I liked/like Swindle a skotch more). Low 80s fast ball, reliant on average-to-plus slider. As noted, he’s a sidearmer. Another lefty with that sort of velocity in the high minors is SF’s Geno Espineli (though I prefer German and his slider).
Daal had better stuff than either of these guys. Roa may have had better command, but was less deceptive.

By: mikemike

mikemike — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:15:40 +0000

Omar Daal was that the pitcher we got who lost 19 games the year before for schilling?

By: aksmith

aksmith — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:12:50 +0000

“PP then maybe you or some one else can tell us about another pitcher who has been successful {beside moyer} with that kind of speed and stuff. I just can’t think of anyone”

A couple of comps to consider:

Omar Daal, who had some very good seasons and threw no harder than German.

Joe Roa, who also never registered on the radar gun above background noise, and while he didn’t light it up in Philly, he did have a few seasons in the bigs.