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R.A. Dickey continues to amaze

June 19th, 2012 3:04 AM
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  • New York Mets starting pitcher R.A. Dickey is congratulated by catcher Josh Thole after throwing a one hitter against the Baltimore Orioles at Citi Field. Mets won 5-0. Mandatory Credit: Debby Wong-US PRESSWIRE
  • New York Mets starting pitcher R.A. Dickey pitches against the Baltimore Orioles. Mandatory Credit: Debby Wong-US PRESSWIRE

    • The most dominant pitcher in baseball right now is not named Verlander, Hernandez, Sabathia, or Kershaw. It’s 37-year-old Robert Allen Dickey, who became the first man in history on Monday night to throw back-to-back one-hitters with at least 10 strikeouts in each, as he fanned 13 Baltimore Orioles en route to becoming the first 11-game winner in the majors this season.

    Dickey has been a revelation for the Mets this season and has to be considered the frontrunner for the NL Cy Young award, as he now leads the league in wins, ERA (2.00), strikeouts (103), and WHIP (0.89). And along the way, he has now gone 42.2 innings without allowing an earned run. What might be the most amazing thing about his performance this season, however, is that he’s walked just 21 batters in 14 starts (and 7 in his last 8), which is unheard of for a knuckleball pitcher.

    Dickey, however, is unlike any knuckleballer that the league has seen in the past 50 years, and probably ever. While most pitchers of his ilk top out in the mid-60s in terms of velocity, Dickey can throw his knuckleball as fast as 80+ MPH and as slow as 60, and anywhere in between. He can also bring a fastball to the plate in the mid-80s. So for hitters who are already off-balance trying to hit the fluttering spheroid, to have it coming in at nearly the same speed as any other pitcher is almost unfair. Throwing them that fast with more regularity has been the key to his recent dominant streak, as he has thrown an average of 35.3 knuckleballs at 80 MPH or faster in his past three starts; he had averaged just 9.1 in his first 11 starts.

    As for the Mets as a whole, they have relied on Dickey all season to be their stopper, and there’s no doubting that they wouldn’t be sitting in second place in the NL East if not for their 37-year-old ace.

    — Craig Lowell

    Joe Torre doesn’t have to worry about his phone ringing off the hook today: This one was indisputably a hit.

    But R.A. Dickey continued last night as the gift that keeps on giving for the Mets, perhaps even prompting the ghost of Johnny Vander Meer to wipe a…

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