Matt Hobgood - is there hope? (No, there is not. Indy League bound.)

[Can_of_corn]

Since he got hurt, we'll never know for sure.

Personally, I've moved on. The team is winning, so it's easier to move past the things that didn't work out as we hoped.

Yea. I look at Harvey and Bundy getting shut down and think "Wouldn't it be nice to have a MLB ready arm that they could plug into the rotation or even the Bullpen?"

[Can_of_corn]

For some, it luckily happens in high school to set them for life.

Or they are damaged even if they are not hurt and everything ends up in the air.

[weams]

Yea. I look at Harvey and Bundy getting shut down and think "Wouldn't it be nice to have a MLB ready arm that they could plug into the rotation or even the Bullpen?"

You mean even a Mike Leake type?

[weams]

Or they are damaged even if they are not hurt and everything ends up in the air.

I wonder if the Hobgood physical made the Orioles regret the pick?

[Can_of_corn]

I wonder if the Hobgood physical made the Orioles regret the pick?

It certainly appears he was hurt when he signed the contract. Did they miss something? Or did they not want to be embarrassed?

[weams]

It certainly appears he was hurt when he signed the contract. Did they miss something? Or did they not want to be embarrassed?

He skyrocketed up the lists his senior year. Skyrocketed.

[Can_of_corn]

He skyrocketed up the lists his senior year. Skyrocketed.

Velocity spike.

[weams]

Velocity spike.

Skyrocketed.

[Rene88]

You know, for the first few years I could at least console myself that the guy I would have picked has struggled.

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Most national types knew this should have been our pick.

Cheap cheap cheap OR Joe Jordan is just god awful.

We know how his "raw and toolsy" draft went.....

Man, as a franchise, if we could have avoided Syd Thrift as GM and Joe Jordan as Scouting Director...imagine where our farm system might be...

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[Can_of_corn]

It wasn't cheapness, they spent 8.8 million that draft. They gave Givens 800K with Ohlman and Coffey getting a million each.

They just guessed wrong at every chance that draft.

[weams]

It wasn't cheapness, they spent 8.8 million that draft. They gave Givens 800K with Ohlman and Coffey getting a million each.

They just guessed wrong at every chance that draft.

A poor draft by a director that got wooed.

[QBsILLEST1]

I'm curious to the correlation between velocity spikes in young pitchers(especially in HS) and arm injuries. It could perhaps be just my imagination, but I tend to worry about elbow and shoulder health going forward once a HS pitcher sees a massive velocity spike.

It makes sense. When a pitcher suddenly gains 5 MPH, the rest of the arm may not be ready for the type of torque that is suddenly being created and could fail.

Hobgood, Coffey, even Aiken and perhaps Matt Harvey could be examples.

[Can_of_corn]

I'm curious to the correlation between velocity spikes in young pitchers(especially in HS) and arm injuries. It could perhaps be just my imagination, but I tend to worry about elbow and shoulder health going forward once a HS pitcher sees a massive velocity spike.

It makes sense. When a pitcher suddenly gains 5 MPH, the rest of the arm may not be ready for the type of torque that is suddenly being created and could fail.

Hobgood, Coffey, even Aiken and perhaps Matt Harvey could be examples.

Aiken isn't injured.

[weams]

Aiken isn't injured.

It is genetic?

[Can_of_corn]

It is genetic?

From what I have read he has a physical issue but not an injury. Not sure if it is a Dickey situation or something else.