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Computers don't know what to make of Emmanuel Clase's cut fastball, the pitch Rangers' catchers can only describe as a 'thing'

MILWAUKEE -- Emmanuel Clase poses an existential threat to the data-mining of baseball right now.

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In an era in which every pitch must be measured and classified to provide hitters with the most detailed scouting reports, Clase is either throwing a cut fastball at speeds never before seen or he's throwing an overpowering fastball that has ridiculous movement on it.