I consider Steven Wright to be an interesting prospect as I've been fascinated by the knuckleball since reading Ball Four when I was a kid.
Wright is similar to Dickey as his knuckler is thrown in the mid to high 70's, which is about 10mph faster than Wakefield. He also has a 90 mph fastball and should be much better at holding runners than Wakefield was.
He recently came back from sports hernia surgery and gave up two eaned runs in 5 innings with 4Ks and 1BB in his first start with Portland. Hopefully AJP or Ross can do better than Lavarnway did in trying catch him should he make it back to the ML this year.
Wright is similar to Dickey as his knuckler is thrown in the mid to high 70's, which is about 10mph faster than Wakefield. He also has a 90 mph fastball and should be much better at holding runners than Wakefield was.
He recently came back from sports hernia surgery and gave up two eaned runs in 5 innings with 4Ks and 1BB in his first start with Portland. Hopefully AJP or Ross can do better than Lavarnway did in trying catch him should he make it back to the ML this year.