which had fair deception and movement in the low-80s. He also threw a 4-seam fastball in the 94–96 mph range. He was not afraid to pitch inside, and threw strikes to both sides of the plate. "I'm 6-foot-8 and I keep a high three-quarters arm angle," noted Hirsh. "You figure the mound is a foot and a half, and my arm may be another two, three, four feet. It makes the batter have to look up instead of straight at me, and he may have a difficult time adjusting." During the 2007 season, Hirsh had trouble throwing his fastball enough. Pitching coach Bob Apodaca gave this assessment of Hirsh before 2008: "All Jason has to do is trust his stuff. He has the type of fastball you work off, but he was using his fastball the way you'd use an off-speed pitch —- to try and trick hitters." Injuries began plaguing Hirsh in 2007, and he had trouble recovering from them; he spent all of 2009 and 2010 in the minor leagues. Awards 2005 – 3x Texas League Pitcher of the Week (4/24, 6/26, 7/17) 2005 – Texas League All Star (P) 2005 – Texas League Post-Season All Star (SP) 2005 – Texas League Pitcher of the Year 2005 – Baseball America Double-A All Star 2006 – Futures Game US Starting Pitcher 2006 – Pacific Coast League All Star (P) 2006 – Pacific Coast League Post-Season All Star (P) 2006 – Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Year 2006 – MLB.com Triple-A Starting Pitcher of the Year 2006 – Baseball America Triple-A All Star See also List of select Jewish Major League Baseball players References External links Hardball Times stats "Warming up for the Jewish Boys of Summer," 3/5/08 Jweekly Celebrity Jewish Baseball, 4/4/08 Hirsh Brothers 1982 births Living people Amarillo Thunderheads players Baseball players from Santa Monica, California Cal Lutheran Kingsmen baseball players Colorado Springs Sky Sox players Colorado Rockies players Corpus Christi Hooks players Houston Astros players Jewish American baseball players Jewish Major League Baseball players Major League Baseball pitchers Round Rock Express players Salem Avalanche players Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees players Tri-City ValleyCats players American expatriate baseball players in Australia Melbourne Aces players 21st-century American Jews