The Command and Pitch-Mix Foundation Driving Messick's Breakout Why His Arsenal Flexibility Matters Any discussion of Messick starts with these numbers: 51 strikeouts and 11 walks across 47 innings. An almost 5:1 K:BB ratio isn't a hot streak. That's a guy who knows where the baseball is going, which in the second year of a major league career is either a skill or a magic trick, and Messick is not a magician.

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The lefty has been one of baseball's best, rookie or not.