Fastballs leaving the hand of Oregon's Isaiah Carranza can touch 93 mph before hitting the catcher's mitt. As a freshman last spring, the UO pitcher posted a respectable 3.63 in 19 outings.
In short, the guy's got good stuff. For some reason, though, in Carranza's first outing as a sophomore, at Fresno State, that wasn't apparent. Working as the Ducks' fourth starter, Carranza allowed only two runs in the Feb. 20 outing. But that didn't reflect the way the ball was flying off Bulldog bats.
Over the ensuing two weeks, Carranza entered the laboratory of new UO pitching coach Jason Dietrich, and offered himself up for experimentation.