Its his second start and that he looks like hes in midseason form! An exasperated Matt Underwood of SportsTime Ohio let out the preceding utterance after Brett Anderson dropped a 78 MPH curveball in for a strike on Clevelands Brent Lillibridge with a 1-1 count towards the bottom of the third inning Monday. Even by that point it had become a well-recognized sight for Underwood and also the haple s Indians. All in all, Anderson used his off-speed trio curveball, slider, changeup 42 times, and 27 of these selected strikes. Lillibridge struck out swinging on a 2-2 curveball Cooper Kupp Jersey biting down as well as in. He was one of five strikeout victims and one of 13 straight retired by Anderson to open the sport. The Michael Jordan Jersey positively svelte Anderson cruised through seven shutout innings, continuing to look the part of staff anchor just as the club needs him most. Starts like this five strikeouts against just two walks, 12 ground balls from 18 balls-in-play remind us why Anderson was an elite prospect. He topped out at seventh on Baseball Americas top prospect list in 2009, earning best slider and best control tools within the Athletics system. Both were on display Monday against Cleveland Anderson unsheathed the slider 25 times in 94 total offerings, recording 18 Rodger Saffold Jersey strikes (72 percent). The whole arsenal of breaking pitches hugged the zone Monday: (Graphic from catchers perspective) When Anderson has the capacity to reliably spot his breaking stuff for strikes at the start of the count, it puts hitters in a terrible spot. Either they end up down in the count and forced to chase begin to see the four swinging strike diamonds outside the underside left corner from the zone or they end up angling to hit a diving slider or curveball. Andersons pitches such as the fastball have a lot downward bite that even when solid contact is made the ball dives groundward almost with a mind of its own. In no at-bat was the dominance of Andersons control and movement more apparent than his fourth-inning strikeout demolition, Coty Sensabaugh Jersey perhaps? of Shin-Soo Choo. First, he dots the exterior corner having a 77 MPH curveball: Then, an 84 MPH slider in nearly the same spot: And the finishing blow, a 94 MPH fastball with almost the same movement because the slider, just quicker: Anderson finished off Choo so fast the Navy Admiral within the Indians booth didnt even reach finish his story about Top Gun. On all of these pitches we have seen a remarkable quantity of movement, as if Anderson sealed a shady pact with gravity itself. Its enough to help keep enough bats mi sing and also to keep what contact is made anchored towards the earth. Between his first two starts, his impre sive stuff, and the pedigree as a prospect, there' Johnny Hekker Jersey s more than enough evidence to believe Brett Anderson can be more than just an adequate Bartolo Colon replacement. Anderson looks primed to get the very best pitcher about this Oakland staff down the stretch perhaps one of the best within the league.