 Young is not a traditional power pitcher . He is said to be a control pitcher in a 6 feet 10 inches ( 2 @.@ 08 m ) power pitcher 's body — his pitching style is more like Greg Maddux 's than that of five @-@ time Cy Young Award winner Randy Johnson , who is the same height as Young . Young has been traded three times partly because of the low velocity of his fastball , which is in the 83 – 87 miles per hour ( 133 @.@ 6 – 140 km / h ) range . Young has learned how to use precise location to make his fastball effective . He has also been compared to another control pitcher , Jim Palmer , because Young similarly induces popups and fly ball outs with deceptive late movement on his high fastballs . Over 50 % of the balls put in play against him are fly balls . Of the flyballs hit off Young in 2007 , 3 @.@ 8 % were home runs. while the average is about 11 % . From 2003 to 2006 the best single @-@ season percentage was 6 @.@ 2 % by Dontrelle Willis in 2005 . 
