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Why can't the Orioles draft and develop pitchers like Gausman and Britton?(Not a new thread. Bumped)

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Britton was drafted to be a starter so him as a closer is somewhat of a fail. Gausman has talent unlike the others we have tried.

Yup, can you imagine how disappointed Steinbrenner must have been when Rivera didn't pan out as a starter?

As for Wells, Watson acknowledged that he and Gene Michael, his predecessor, who remains active in personnel matters, had spoken with the Reds, most recently the middle of last week.

"The asking price was too high," he said. "They wanted two of our top minor leaguers. That's why we backed off. We couldn't do that."

Jim Bowden, the Reds' general manager, declined to discuss the Yankees' involvement, but an official familiar with the Wells talks said Steinbrenner called Bowden Saturday night and offered pitcher Mariano Rivera and catcher Jorge Posada.

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I think if you look around the league and into their minor leagues, you will find plenty of pitchers that never developed into what the scouts had thought their future promotional could be.

We intimately know the Oriole failures and can rattle them off, and I and sure, this team is not alone.

Syd Thrift was a clown at the end, for sure, but early on, he said, 2 out of 3 pitchers drafted never make to the bigs.

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Early matusz, as in 2010 matusz, was quite good.

Didn't realize this was a thread from 2014, by the way. Why was it bumped?

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I marked it in the title before bumping. I came across the piece on the Twins having the same issue.
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So far he's about on par with an early Matusz
Scary comp, but true, at least, IMO

How on earth are we comparing these two? Their careers look nothing alike, nor do their underlying numbers or pitching styles.

Matusz 25 YO season lead to a 4.69 FiP over 100 innings split between starting and the pen. Gausman already has passed Brian's WAR for that year and still has the second half of the season to go.

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How on earth are we comparing these two? Their careers look nothing alike, nor do their underlying numbers or pitching styles.

Matusz 25 YO season lead to a 4.69 FiP over 100 innings split between starting and the pen. Gausman already has passed Brian's WAR for that year and still has the second half of the season to go.

Wrong answer.

Matusz 2010 year was decent and had a 3.0 WAR in 32 starts and 175 innings and 4.30 ERA.

Their style might not be similar.

I talking about high draft pick, expected to be a TOR SP, and didn't pan out.

I am far from ready to pull the plug on Gausman.

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Wrong answer.

Matusz 2010 year was decent and had a 3.0 WAR in 32 starts and 175 innings and 4.30 ERA.

Exactly my point! Matusz had one good year at age 23 and immediately fell apart. Why would we compare him to someone that is currently in his 4th straight year of solid MLB performance?

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