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I've been following since I heard about his spin rates and velocity two years ago. I kind of dropped him off after last season at Bowie when he just really didn't command anything and lefties lit him up for a .287/.415/.475/.890. It appears to me that he's ditched the slider with the bigger downward break and gone to this cutter with the quick late break. All I know is that he was impressive the couple times I watched him this year and the improvements are seen in the stats with the lack of walks and high K rate. How good is that spin on the cutter? Only 7 major league pitchers have averages above his 2677 spin rate. They include Corbin Burnes, Dylan Cease, Sonny Gray, and JP France. It appears to me that he throw two different type of cutters, with one being slower and having slider movement. He threw 12 cutters: 8 had 0-7 inches of Horizontal movement and 23-30 Vertical movement 4 had 12-19 inches of Horizontal movement and 30-33 Vertical movement The highest average horizontal movement in the MLB is by 7.3 inches by Chris Flexen (so the 12-19 inches of horizontal are off the charts by cutter standards) Vertical movement is supposed to be a lower number like a fastball so the best is 14.3 by David Robertson. It's hard to even find a comp for Strowd's cutter velocity and vertical wise. When I look at major league movement on cutters and sliders, it appears to me that he's throwing a sorta hybrid cutter/slider which may be given batters fits because they are not use to seeing that. Either way, he's become real interesting.

It was not a ridiculous post from me and I'd be cautious on not taking moderation. Who is "boxscore bob" then if you were not referring to Sports Guy? Trolling is when you constantly bring a poster back into your argument when they are not engaging with you at that point. If you don't understand that, and can't calm down, perhaps the Hangout is not the place for you. Are you Cade Povich's friend or relative, because typically when we have a poster like you who are only here because of one player, they typically a family member or friend and they don't play well with anyone who shows the least amount of criticism towards their player. I've been doing this for 27 years now. You are not the first or last to come in here and battle with Sports Guy or anyone else that someone "criticizes" your player. My suggestion would be to take a deep breath, or maybe just take a little time away from the board until you can communicate calmly.

Very true, but i still think they gave up on him a little too quickly considering the fact that the team was not very good when they DFA'd him. either way, it happens. Glad to see him finally staying healthy for a bit.

It seems not everyone understands that any more. It's baseball. The Nats pitchers threw well. But dang, it looks like Elias and company gave up on Hunter Harvey a little too early. For all the finds off the DFA or trades, they sure did miss with Hunter Harvey and Evan Phillips. Guess you win some and lose some. But I'll take Harvey at the back end of our bullpen right now.

You point? Not sure what the issue is here honestly.

Please state your facts without trolling. You have your opinions, Sports Guy has his. Make your points, put in your stats, and stop trolling the other person. Who cares if SG has a different opinion then you? Really, it's not that different. You both think he's a SP prospect. Heck, if you want to go troll anyone, go troll the guy who just compared Povich to Zimmermann, Rom and Vespi! LOL (Don't troll anyone, that was a joke).

Thank you for saving me some typing. My only nitpick is Povich is working on a cutter to offset his fastball and I'm not sure that Povich is a nibbler vs he doesn't have great command yet. Comparing him to Rom or even Zimmermann is off point for sure. Povich is much better pitching prospect then either of them. He's dominating both righties and lefties right now. The Vespi comparison is silly as well. Povich probably could be a very good reliever for the Orioles right now, but he's definitely more value as SP depth while he keeps working on his command. He's definitely next up if the Orioles need a starter.

Ok, I'm starting a thread for him because I think he's a guy who has really popped this year. Strowd has always had a good fastball (95-97, t98) with high spin rate breaking balls. But he's transformed him self into a guy with a really good cutter. Last night he made his AAA debut which meant we got statcast data on him and here's what we saw. He came in and threw his new cutter 92% of the time throwing his 4 seamer just once. He varied his speed in his cutter from 91.6 to 95.2 and got a 40% whiff rate. Keep an eye on him. As I mentioned on my 105.7 stint last Thursday (11:00 this year), Strowd is the one guy I think could end up helping the Orioles in the pen at some point this year. He's basically turning himself into Mariano Rivera using the cutter almost exclusively, at least in this first game. Now I'm not saying he is Mariano Rivera, but Rivera is the first guy I think of who survived with a cutter as main/only pitch. Last guy I saw in the minor who dominated like this was Felix Bautista, who went from A-ball to the majors in one season when he broke out.

Just wanted to say another great job on the farm reviews here. Love having the videos from X put on here! Great job @cboemmeljr!!

Nice night for Sosa. As pointed out by @Warehouse "Sosa now has a 106 wRC+, which ranks 12th out of the 28 teenaged Carolina Leaguers with at least 80 PAs. His .128 ISO ranks 10th and his 12.7% swinging strike percentage ranks 12th." In his last 4 series (one game so far this series) Sosa has picked it up slashing .257/.350/.400/.750 over 80 PAs. Not eye popping but starting to make the adjustments.

Strowd was the name I gave Bob Haynie (105.7) when he asked for some potential bullpen help on the farm. Good to see him get the promotion. I think he's got a chance to help this year.

Very good night for the two. Nice to see. Let's hope it's the beginning of the adjustment.

I was looking for a power jump by going to Bowie, but it hasn't been there so far. He gets into one occasionally, but it just doesn't have that power strike and he really doesn't have a great raw power tool, especially for a guy his size. He's solid player over all without a big weakness, but he also doesn't have any real plus tools either unless you could his hit tool which is probably a little above average. Defensively, the question is can he fill in all three outfield positions. To me, he's more of a corner outfield guy because he doesn't have that elite speed for center. The real question is where does he fit on the Orioles in the future? Kjerstad and Cowser are probably in RF and LF respectively next year though that all depends on what they decide to do with Santander. Mayo could also factor in here in RF at some point so he would be behind them as well. If Cowser, Mullins, Kjerstad is the 2025 regular outfield, the Orioles will need a right-hander 4th outfielder and that's not Beavers. Fabian might be a better fit on this team long term is a the 4th outfield guy assuming he shows to be better than McKenna or Hays.

It's pretty clear that Rutschman's throwing is not a positive for him. Pretty amazing how good pop times have gotten when a 1.97 is 33 percentile. Accuracy, as @Frobby pointed out has never been his strength. His throwing has slowly gotten worse.

Eh, to each is own, but the title got you to click on it and see the conversation. To me, that's not a bad title. I'm all about the page views! Seriously though, I don't see an issue with his title and the conversation is certainly valid.