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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Duquette: ?Despaigne is a solid addition to our pitching staff because of his versatility. Our scouts have liked him for some time."</p>? Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="
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I think they see interesting things regarding his change up.

Sounds like his changeup is 'interesting' - but the League apparently figured out that they just need to lay off of it and wait for the junk fastball.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/theres-nothing-out-there-like-the-odrisamer-despaigne-changeup/

EDIT - realized I found and posted the same link as you...

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Because they're correctly labeling this guy as mediocre and you disagree?

Command issues, average stuff, doesn't generate a lot of swing and misses. Fine as a depth move, terrible as a "this guy is the savior of our rotation" move.

I don't think anyone is crowning it as anything other than that. I just don't understand casting off a potentially more valuable player to do it. Riefenhauser may have been able to be a solid part of a MLB bullpen. Despaigne is not a solid part of anything.

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I'd rather keep the guy who could have potentially had use in the bullpen than acquire the guy I know is bad. There is no upside here. Despaigne is not good.

So pretty much we should never trade anyone right? Cosme was as much a middling prospect as any middling prospect can be.

I saw Despaigne pitch a couple times in 2014 and he looked far from bad. Last year his numbers looked ugly but if the Orioles scouts think he has upside, what information are you using to form you opinion that he is bad?

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Sounds like his changeup is 'interesting' - but the League apparently figured out that they just need to lay off of it and wait for the junk fastball.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/theres-nothing-out-there-like-the-odrisamer-despaigne-changeup/

Correct. By pitch value his changeup was well below average in 2015, as were all of his offerings but his fastball. Gets ground balls at a decent clip but is completely incapable of missing bats.

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So pretty much we should never trade anyone right? Cosme was as much a middling prospect as any middling prospect can be.

I saw Despaigne pitch a couple times in 2014 and he looked far from bad. Last year his numbers looked ugly but if the Orioles scouts think he has upside, what information are you using to form you opinion that he is bad?

I meant Riefenhauser, not Cosme. Despaigne looked ok in 96 innings in 2014 but the peripherals were still ugly, they got even uglier last year. He's a junkballer who can't miss bats.

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An instantly replaceable prospect in a late draft round or with a cheap international signing or as part of a low-profile trade.

So what does that say about Despaigne, who is still in his pre-arb years, has options, and yet all it took to get him was Cosme? Either Cosme has rocketed up the prospect chart based on what he showed at Aberdeen last year, or the Padres have a very low opinion of Despaigne.

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Wright and Wilson aren't actual prospects to me, I'm not that concerned about their "development". They've already pitched at this level. It makes no difference to me whether Despaigne is getting bombed or Wright or Wilson are taking their lumps in the majors.

Exactly, you can play the whatif game all day long.

At some point, they will play the game on the field, and we will see what they have to show us.

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So what does that say about Despaigne, who is still in his pre-arb years, has options, and yet all it took to get him was Cosme? Either Cosme has rocketed up the prospect chart based on what he showed at Aberdeen last year, or the Padres have a very low opinion of Despaigne.

Seems he was about to be DFAed. SDo immediately used that roster spot on Rodney.

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