CALL-UPS: August 24-30

August 30

Tyler Cloyd (RHP, PHI)
The 25-year-old has been promoted and will make his major league debut with a spot start on Wednesday, August 29. Cloyd has put up extraordinary numbers in ’12, his breakout season. He’s flown under the radar for his entire career—he was selected in the 18^th round of the ’08 draft. With a career 3.27 ERA, 2.1 Ctl, and 7.2 Dom, the tall righty knows how to pitch. Cloyd relies on pinpoint location and exquisite command of a four pitch repertoire. He spots his high 80s fastball to both sides of the plate and has a cutter to give hitters another look. Additionally, his curveball can be dropped in the zone for strikes. Cloyd is very adept at changing speeds and his change-up is thrown with the same arm...

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