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2016 17th Round Pick - Tyler Blohm - LHP - Archbishop Spalding HS

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">17 (511): <a href="https://twitter.com/Orioles">@Orioles</a> select Archbishop Spalding HS LHP Tyler Blohm. <a href="https://t.co/TlmWcycQDW">https://t.co/TlmWcycQDW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MLBDraft?src=hash">#MLBDraft</a></p>— MLB Draft Tracker (@MLBDraftTracker) <a href="

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Local HS pitcher. Anyone seen him pitch?

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">17 (511): <a href="https://twitter.com/Orioles">@Orioles</a> select Archbishop Spalding HS LHP Tyler Blohm. <a href="https://t.co/TlmWcycQDW">https://t.co/TlmWcycQDW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MLBDraft?src=hash">#MLBDraft</a></p>— MLB Draft Tracker (@MLBDraftTracker) <a href="
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Local HS pitcher. Anyone seen him pitch?

Art, thanks for the updates. Used to do this years ago when information wasn't as readily available. I will continue to add nugents when I see gaps.

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I coached at him at Archbishop Spalding during his Freshman year. Great kid from a great family. He was mature beyond his years and from hearing how he's developed, his secondaries are pretty good. As he fills out, there is no reason he won't be sitting 90-92 in a few years with potential plus change and curve.

The Orioles will need to have left over money to sign him though. I doubt he's going to give up pitching for U of M for three years for less than 500K. I haven't spoken with the kid in three years so I don't know what way he's leaning, but I do know he'd be a great young left handed arm to get into the system.

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Curveball looks like a hammer.

Fastball command wasn't sharp in that small sample size, but I like his compact repeatable delivery. It looked exactly the same every pitch, even with the curveball.

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I coached at him at Archbishop Spalding during his Freshman year. Great kid from a great family. He was mature beyond his years and from hearing how he's developed, his secondaries are pretty good. As he fills out, there is no reason he won't be sitting 90-92 in a few years with potential plus change and curve.

The Orioles will need to have left over money to sign him though. I doubt he's going to give up pitching for U of M for three years for less than 500K. I haven't spoken with the kid in three years so I don't know what way he's leaning, but I do know he'd be a great young left handed arm to get into the system.

Shame their pool money was so small.

Oh well nothing they could have done about it.

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Shame their pool money was so small.

Oh well nothing they could have done about it.

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“At this time, his advisors are recommending he go to school,” Gary Rajsih said. “I took him there, which is a little early, but I wanted to recognize the fact that he is a prospect and he is a local kid and if changes his mind about playing professionally at this time, I wanted him to play for us and not somebody else.”
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So he just blew a 17th round pick as a sign of respect?

Or did he take him with no intention of signing him to keep someone like the Braves from coming in with a big money offer?

I guess he thinks they will have plenty of pool money in three years. ;)

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