If Julius Caesar played baseball: starting pitcher, rated 84

Julius Caesar as a baseball player: scouting report

Julius Caesar wrote his own account of his years in Gaul, in the third person, and a man who narrates his own work that confidently belongs on the mound. He would be a starting pitcher who wants the ball in the biggest game of the year. Pitching is one of the two best marks on his card, and his eye is the very best, so he reads a lineup as carefully as a general reads a map.

His arm is strong too, one of the better marks on his card, which gives him a fastball that plays in any count. He was known as a gifted orator in a city full of them, and that presence would make him a leader on the mound who slows the game down when it starts to speed up. He also reformed the Roman calendar into the Julian calendar, the basis of the one we still use, so he would have strong views on how a one hundred and sixty two game schedule gets laid out. His contact and fielding are both solid, so he can handle the bat and his position.

Speed is the soft spot, which barely matters for a pitcher. Catcher is his next best spot, where his arm would control the running game, and third base also works because the long throw across the diamond suits him. The phrase crossing the Rubicon, a point of no return, comes from his story, and that is the mindset of a starter who commits fully to every pitch. Draft him early as a staff ace, pair him with a defense that covers ground and hand him the ball.

Plays like A commanding power arm who wants the ball in every big game

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