Clayton Kershaw is back in Cy Young form. He picked up another win versus the Angels but he wasn't as sharp as he normally is. He threw 106 pitches and only 66 strikes. He only walked two batters so he made the pitches count when he needed them to, striking out eight. The lack of sharpness made have had something to do with his 132 pitch, 95 strike outing against the San Francisco Giants in his last start.
Kershaw only has an above average fastball in today's major leagues, topping out at about 94 or 95 miles per hour with pretty good movement. He does have a knee buckling curve that he changes speeds on and a decent changeup. He also throws an occasional slider with pretty good bite to it. His ability to keep the hitters off balance is one of the keys to his success and helps to account for his high strikeout totals. Now if he would only start throwing a knuckleball....
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