The Colorado Rockies' minor league righty reliever invites contact, and trusts his stuff to work in getting ground balls.
Scottsdale, Ariz. -- Not everybody in pro baseball is a power pitcher, and the sooner some young hurlers realize their strengths may not lie in velocity, the more likely they can move their careers forward another way. Drasen Johnson, a righty in the Colorado Rockies' organization, learned that lesson quickly.
"There are obviously certain situations during the game where you need to get a punch out," Johnson told Purple Row after his appearance in an intrasquad scrimmage at the Rockies' minor league complex.