My introduction to Mitch Horacek was in the Carolina League, when he faced the Myrtle Beach Pelicans a few times. A lefty starting pitcher in Advanced-A Ball at the time, he disappeared from my timeline, and universe, until overnight Friday, in this series of tweets:
Dear MLB clubs: I am a free agent and I want to play some baseball next year
Thanks to the @Twins and their democratizing of my data, I was finally ENCOURAGED to throw fastballs up in the zone – EXCLUSIVELY
I have never pitched a season with this philosophy.