He has exceptional control of every pitch known to man except a knuckleball.
Masato Yoshii, a former Mets pitcher who coached Darvish in Japan, told the Times in 2009 that "Darvish has better control than Matsuzaka," and "he has exceptional control of every pitch known to man except a knuckleball".
He had exceptional control, Maddux-type control.
He has exceptional control for a 1.93-meter, or 6-foot-4, man.
But he has exceptional control and a good changeup, and he has held hitters to a.205 average at Scranton.
"The Sidewinder" doubled as a showpiece for Mr. Brecker, whose exceptional control over the horn hasn't slackened since the "Pendulum" era.
Zambrano and Boston's Curt Schilling have similar strikeout rates, but Zambrano faces far more batters per inning and consistently reaches deeper counts than does Schilling, who has exceptional control.
Orlando Hernández and Mussina do not possess big-time 96- to 97-mile-an-hour fastballs, but both have exceptional control and will successfully elevate their fastballs when they feel a hitter is looking for something low.
This portion of the novel, with its grim working out of "the Custom of the Sea" – among other things, the code that governs the final resort to cannibalism – is rendered with exceptional control, elucidating the see-sawing bond between Jaffy and Tim and the gradual disintegration of the sailors' bodies and minds.
Bay went 3 for 3 with a walk and knocked in two runs, but the Mets played from behind as Dillon Gee (7-1), who normally pitches with exceptional control, walked six batters, four of whom scored, and lost for the first time in 11 starts.
