Deceptive rookie reliever Alek Jacob called up from Double-A San Antonio before Padres' series opener against the New York Mets at Petco Park
The Padres also fortified their middle relief options, purchasing the contract of right-handerback to Triple-A El Paso.He has 32 strikeouts, a .192 opponent average and an 0.99 WHIP in 27 1/3 innings this year in the Texas League and has a 1.82 ERA over 104 innings since theWith a fastball that tops out at 89 mph, a plus-plus change-up and the deception he creates with a whip-like stroke out of a sidearm slot are the selling points on the 6-foot-3, 190-pound right-hander.
“Talking to hitters and figuring out what they don’t like,” Jacob said, “and then trying to put that into my routine and into my delivery, like messing with timing, different things like that, and finding out that guys really dislike it.”
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