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3) Danny Duffy Continues To Impress As A Starter

After Duffy moved to the bullpen late last season, he’s learned to attack hitters rather than nibble. He’s carried this lesson from the pen to the rotation in his first two starts since filling in for injured Kris Medlen.

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Duffy had another impressive outing on Saturday.

Danny Duffy lasted 4.1 innings, allowing 4 hits, 0 walks, and 0 earned runs while striking out three. The no walks is the most impressive statistic, because his problem has always been trying to shave the edges of the plate and throwing too many pitches to last deep into games.Instead, Duffy has dialed up his fastball velocity about 2 mph, and is attacking hitters.

If he keeps it up, Duffy will push someone from a rotation job because he’ll be too good to return to the bullpen. There aren’t all that many lefties that can notch 97 mph on the radar gun like Duffy can. He’s always had a starter’s stuff and repertoire. Now he’s got the approach.

Even an average starting rotation would make the KC Royals a scary team.

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