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With several plus pitches, Hunter Wood could become a dominant reliever

Deep in the heart of Summer, sweet is life to me still
But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.

- Fiona MacLeod, “The Lonely Hunter”

Like dead Scottish poets and their verse, Hunter Wood is tough to figure out.

I wanted a pic of a dude in a tree stand but this is Tarzan instead

He has three pitches that verge on elite, and one that is pretty poor yet he still insists on throwing over five percent of the time, even if as a reliever he could get by with just his “good” pitches.