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4 minutes ago, ScGO's said:
What other LHP prospects are throwing 100 mph right now? Or MLB players at that? Chapman is the only one I can think of. I wonder who will teach him how to harness and control his velocity. Who did it for Randy Johnson? Call that guy.
Tom House was influential.
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JJ was safe at home.
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Read Hillbilly Elegy. Has anyone else read this?
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Trouble the Water.
It takes pre Katrina footage taken by an aspiring rapper and blends it with the aftermath.
Very powerful stuff.
Netflix is putting out one about Amanda Knox. I plan to check that out.
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Tommy Hunter released by Cleveland.
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Yeah so even if he had the 7 years of minor league seasons he would not be eligible for free agency if he is placed on the 40 man roster.
Yes, this is different than Bundy. He signed a MLB contract out of high school which they don't do anymore.
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I think Detroit gets a little disrespect here. They've gone from 5 games back to 2 in one week and still have a lower percentage than Boston who is three back and has to beat out two teams.
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Pretty unlikely. I'm sure if you looked at all college pitchers drafted in the first round, you'd find it was a very small percentage that got called up the year after they were drafted. Matusz did, but he was a no. 4 overall pick who was just toying with hitters in the minors. Bundy did it as a high school draftee, but well, he's Bundy (and also a 1:4 in an exceptionally strong draft class).
While he wasn't a 1st rounder, I think Jake Arrieta's flight path is more normal. Pitched a full year in the Carolina League (where he was pitcher of the year), split a season between Bowie and Norfolk, then put in another half-season at Norfolk before his call-up.
Stotle posted that his colleagues in the scouting community have told him Sedlock could come up and help the team now.
Three guys in 2014 first round made their debuts before 2016. Finnegan, Nola, and Rodon. If I counted correctly, that's 3 out of 10. Certainly not rare.
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For a regular season game. I'll go with Sedlock. With the reviews he's getting, a 2017 September call-up doesn't seem too far fetched.
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You'd start him over Kim?
Why?
You'd likely start him over Alvarez.
I'm not advocating this, just saying that he'd more likely cut into Pedro's time instead of Kim.
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Was dealing tonight.
3IP, 1H, 1BB, 4ks
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He came up huge today.
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How many people have ever had the ability to play basketball and baseball professionally? A few hundred at most? Sounds pretty world class to me.
Hendrickson is the only one to play in both the MLB and NBA since Danny Ainge in the early 80s.
I'm sure you could come up with a list of guys who were drafted or signed professional contracts, but it'd be quite small.
In the past 30 years, I can only think of Ainge, Hendrickson, Minor, Jordan, Scottie Burrell. Maybe Gwynn and Lofton. These are off the top of my head.
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Hope this goes 30 innings.
I take that back. CWS play Toronto.
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The AL East Champ will lose 70 games.
I'll take the under.
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Encore.
What are you talking about? The Red Sox wrapped up the division last week.
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He is saying "long career". I'm guessing that means 10 years. Givens was a HS player who didn't pitch for two years (2011-2012).
I don't think it is that comparable.
He didn't pitch for three years (10-12) and only had three years left before he would have been a minor league FA.
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This guys is fooling himself. He's not good enough to be a successful NBA player and he thinks he'll magically be pitching in the major leagues one day after taking years off?
Is it really that much different than Givens taking three years off from pitching?
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Yankees are 4-0 after we beat them.
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Tigers, down 2-0 to the BJs, tie it in the ninth and win it with no outs on the 10th. :thumbsup1: Now depending on SF to shut down the Red Sox.
They've tied it up 2-2. Threatening with the bases juiced.
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Barring rain, we'll be even with Boston in games played after Thursday.
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Steve Lombardozzi
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I didn't want him in there for the last inning against three lefties, but man, he was great against them. Hopefully that can build confidence.
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Saw that Philadelphia and KC may be interested in him.
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They All Break
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Maybe so on Grienke. But even having a bad year he produced a 2.5 WAR. The Dodgers gave 42M+ last season on three SP that combined for -1.1 WAR.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2695979-how-200m-bust-zack-greinke-can-return-to-cy-young-peak.amp.html