Interestingly, three 300 game winners that went into HoF fairly recently were notable because of their control. Their stuff wasn't "filthy" but they go people out, over and over and over.

Not recent, but ever true:

“Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.”

I miss watching the masters who could approach the same hitter three or four different ways and go the full nine. Even when they didn’t have their best stuff it was compelling. I remember seeing Valenzuela throw 160 pitches here against the Mets once, gave up four runs or so but won the game, extricating himself from jams in the late innings by getting hitting geniuses like Keith Hernandez out on guile. Good times, never to be seen again.

Another great example. He could throw is 94 if he wanted to, but he could throw the fastball with 2 movements at three different speeds, the slider at 3 different speeds and the change up at 4.

Then he had 3 different timings to the plate based upon how long he hung his foot while still moving into his throwing motion with his arm.

If that doesn't disrupt timing, i don't see what would!

Of course it helped that he could throw a golf ball into a soup can from second base.

Master of command, which has been known to decrease with velocity. It’s not that hard for ML hitters to hit a high-90s fastball down the middle. See it all the time.

The picture that threw 6 innings in the 18 inning marathon when the team's pitching was exhausted and who has been excellent in the offseason, is a free agent and he was already on several teams radar. My choice if I were the GM, he is 28 with a medical history (two elbow surgeries), but looks like a strong future picture if managed right. I would give his a great offer that would cause him not to want to look elsewhere. With the pitching staff the Red Soc now have, another WS soon is not out of the question.