5 players -- 4 pitchers -- added to Baseball Player of the Year Watch

Jason Groome of Barnegat is a Player of the Year candidate. Russ DeSantis | For NJ Advance Media

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Jason Groome of Barnegat is a Player of the Year candidate. Russ DeSantis | For NJ Advance Media

On the Chinese calendar, 2016 is the Year of the Money.

On the New Jersey baseball calendar, 2016 in year of the Pitcher.

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Pitching has been dominate in the state this year, home runs are down and fastball speeds are up.

NJ.com added five athletes to its Player of the Year watch on Thursday. Not surprisingly, four of them are pitchers. Click through the sideshow above to see which pitchers were added the list.

NJ.com will name its Player of the Year as part of its spring all-star package after the state finals.

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