When he’s doing well, he is a joy to watch. Innings go by quickly. He doesn’t walk anyone (less than 2 per 9 innings as a Jay). He pitches to the strike zone’s edges but rarely off the edge. He gets by with movement, changing speeds, mostly from slow to slower. He gives us the feeling that we could be pitchers if we learned to hit our spots.
He’s Batman, not Superman. We think we could work hard enough to be him. We all know we can’t throw 100 mph, but we all believe we could hit the high 70s (with work), and if we had learned to hit those spots, we could be him. We know we can’t throw as hard as Kevin Gausman, but we think (wrongly) that we could have been Buehrle if we worked enough.