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October Confidential: Giants
- Updated: October 5, 2016
How do you beat the Giants? MLB.com asked rival players from around Major League Baseball to offer an inside look at how best to face the NL Wild Card.
Madison Bumgarner “Big-time competitor who loves pitching in big games. For a lefty, it’s tough, because he comes from that first-base side and it’s a different angle that you never see. It’s tough to get used to and a little uncomfortable. The thing about him is, he is going to pitch to his gameplan and you know he’s not going to go away from that.”– NL West infielder
Johnny Cueto “What’s impressive about him is the way he mixes up his quick-pitch and pause in his delivery and is still able to throw strikes. He does a really good job of keeping you off balance.”– NL West infielder
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“He is pretty much an any-pitch-in-any-count guy, so you can’t really sit on a pitch. His stuff is probably slightly above average but plays better than that because he does it with the turn, the quick-pitch and he’s got plus command. So he knows how to pitch really well.”– NL West infielder
Jeff Samardzija “When he gets that good sinker (and cutter) going, he’s tough because he’s 94-95. He tries to get the sinker in on your hands, and then he will go to the cutter away to get you off that. So you really have to try to see it out of his hand early, because when he’s pitching in effectively is when he’s really tough, because it’s hard and has some late sink. You want to see him out over the plate, but if he can locate in on you it’s probably going to be a long day for the offense.”– NL West infielder
Santiago Casilla “He attacks …
