Kinda reminds me of Farnsworth, hopefully with something other than a cantaloupe for a head.

While I can offer nothing to the conversation on mechanics, I have to disagree about a 96-98 MPH velocity compensating for a lack of movement.

Cashner’s fastball is mostly straight, but it’s 96-98 mph, so there’s not much concern there. He has a workable slider that occasionally shows promise as a plus pitch, but he gets around it too often to be a true out pitch right now. He dials that up to 87-88 mph and it features decent fade and good lateral movement.

A good heater will probably get him through the minors fine, but I'm having trouble thinking of a fireballer with little more than a straight - yet fast - fastball that hasn't had trouble at the big league level.

Even Farnsworth had a pretty good slider (which he sometimes falls in love with to his detriment).

When I think of hard throwers - Wood, Ryan, Clemens, etc - I invariably recall them have an excellent second pitch, be it a splitter or slider, and plenty of movement.

Of course, that never helped Juan Cruz...

Jonathan Broxton's fastball doesn't move much.