Comments on: 2009 Impact Rookie: Jeff Samardzija

By: Rich Neville

Rich Neville — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:02:00 +0000

With time and innings he will excell at baseball as he did at Notre Dame football…has great athletic ability and a trememndous fastball. Look for Jeff later in the season or they will certainly be a tremendous catch with another team….maybe the Yankees!

By: Eric Cioe

Eric Cioe — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:11:38 +0000

I know that with some splitter pitchers, pitch f/x gets confused and shows both a splitter and a changeup. But the movement is so similar that I’m not too sure how they can split it like that. Is it possible that the 5% changeups he threw last season in relief were really just splitters?

By: SamoanRob

SamoanRob — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:10:27 +0000

I thought he added the split in 2008, which may explain the k-rate spike and the resulting call-up to the show.