Nate Pearson's Secondary Pitches Make Him Intriguing rotoballer.com Fri 2/19/21 2:38 PM

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Nate Pearson debuted last July to much fanfare, but he had a sky-high 16 percent walk rate and was among the worst starters in baseball at locating his pitches in 2020. The right-hander can hit triple digits on the radar gun and has a slider with good depth, a big loopy curveball and a high-80s changeup to go with his heater. Each of his secondary pitches had 30-plus percent whiff-per-swing rates, and he compares well to Jack Flaherty, Dinelson Lamet, Yu ...