Wieters on Chen

[Frobby]

"I was impressed," Wieters said. "The ball came out of his hand really well with some life on it, and his location for this early in the spring was pretty spot-on. I was definitely excited about his bullpen and look forward to catching him some more."

Chen threw his fastball, changeup, slider and curveball, "and every pitch that he threw, we can use it and it will be pitchable in the big league level," Wieters said. "But most importantly, what I got out of today is he can locate on both sides of the plate whenever he wants to."

http://www.masnsports.com/school_of_...-sessions.html

[Sports Guy]

Ding ding ding, we have a winner in the pool:

The ball came out of his hand really well

[Frobby]

We've heard it a few times already. I liked this one from Britton, a couple of days ago:

"It went really well," he said. "Same thing as yesterday. I actually felt better. I think the ball was coming out of my hand better. A total cliche. It sounded good. The ball coming off your hand, it just sounds like it's coming out really nice, which is good. And you see the difference in velocity.

http://www.masnsports.com/school_of_...yesterday.html

[Moose Milligan]

When I was pitching in high school, no one ever mentioned that the ball came out of my hand really well. No wonder I didn't make it very far.

Maybe we should hire some of the Asian pitching coaches for the Orioles minor league system and teach our youngsters how to throw a freaking strike. Yes, I'm looking at you, Calvary.

[NewMarketSean]

How can the ball not come out of someone's hand well? If he throws it into the ground 3 feet in front of the mound?

[Can_of_corn]

How can the ball not come out of someone's hand well? If he throws it into the ground 3 feet in front of the mound?

[Camden_yardbird]

Sounds like Wieters is genuinely excited to see what Chen can do. Whereas his assessment of Wada was basically "this guy can pitch, we will see if that gets him through."

[glenn__davis]

I really look forward to Wieters' scouting report on Player X:

"He wasn't very good. He did not seem to have much movement on any of his pitches, and when he did, he wasn't able to locate them. It is early in the spring, but if this is about what he's bringing, he'll get shelled in the AL East."

[PrivateO]

How can the ball not come out of someone's hand well? If he throws it into the ground 3 feet in front of the mound?

John Wall

[grimed1]

Wieters in a few years. I enjoyed my time with the O's and learned alot but I felt the Red Sox was the best fit for me.

[Can_of_corn]

Wieters in a few years. I enjoyed my time with the O's and learned alot but I felt the Red Sox was the best fit for me.

If they want to pay Boras prices for his decline more power to them.

[Frobby]

Sounds like Wieters is genuinely excited to see what Chen can do. Whereas his assessment of Wada was basically "this guy can pitch, we will see if that gets him through."

I see very little difference in what he said about each.

On Wada:

"I think he's going to be a good pitcher," Wieters said. "He's going to be a mix-it-up guy. It was just a bullpen session, but he was throwing all four pitches on both sides of the plate, and that sort of lets you know that he has confidence in all his pitches and we're not just going to have to throw fastballs in certain counts. When a guy can break out all four pitches on both sides of the plate, that means he's pretty confident to throw whatever it is that you put down."

Wada throws his fastball on both sides, "and a changeup that looked really good," Wieters said.

"His slider is definitely going to be effective, and he's got a curveball that he can throw for strikes anytime he wants. He was throwing a good many of his off-speed pitches on both sides of the plate. It seems like he's ready to go and ready to pitch. He's not just going out there to get his arm ready. He's getting everything ready."

On Chen:

"I was impressed," Wieters said. "The ball came out of his hand really well with some life on it, and his location for this early in the spring was pretty spot-on. I was definitely excited about his bullpen and look forward to catching him some more."

Chen threw his fastball, changeup, slider and curveball, "and every pitch that he threw, we can use it and it will be pitchable in the big league level," Wieters said. "But most importantly, what I got out of today is he can locate on both sides of the plate whenever he wants to."

Not a lot of difference in those evaluations so far as I'm concerned.

[NewMarketSean]

I see very little difference in what he said about each.

On Wada:



On Chen:



Not a lot of difference in those evaluations so far as I'm concerned.

I could make an Asian joke...but don't want ESPN to fire me.

[Lucky Jim]

When I was pitching in high school, no one ever mentioned that the ball came out of my hand really well. No wonder I didn't make it very far.

Maybe we should hire some of the Asian pitching coaches for the Orioles minor league system and teach our youngsters how to throw a freaking strike. Yes, I'm looking at you, Calvary.

I'm not sure what Golgotha has to do with anything.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary

[ChaosLex]

Ding ding ding, we have a winner in the pool:

Somebody said it about Britton just yesterday. Haha.