Everyone knows that he is the best pitcher in the game today. He has outstanding command, but more importantly, with each pitch his delivery is the same. Guzman and Beimel have the best mechanics on our squad and again, Johnston is working hard on perfecting his. Lovekamp preaches to his staff all the time on mechanics, but those mechanics are no good without the ability to do a lot of other things with a baseball. Oh sure, you can't just stand up there and throw the same pitch over and over.
Mechanics are like the foundation of a house.
Once you have the good mechanics, then you build on them. But you need the mechanics first, you can't have the weapons first and then try to learn the correct mechanics. On our staff, Carlos Alvarado has the best velocity. All five starters have good velocity, and when Alex Pena comes back, he has exceptional velocity, but right now Alvarado brings it best. In terms of location, Larry Wimberly is atop that group.