2017 1st round pick (21): DL Hall - LHP - Valdosta (Ga.) HS

[sportsfan8703]

GCL innings this year?

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

GCL innings this year?

He hasn't thrown in a while, he's going to start in Sarasota.

[bobmc]

Viewed by many evaluators as one of the Draft's premier left-handed pitchers, Hall became the first high school hurler to be taken in the first round by Baltimore since Hunter Harvey in 2013. He signed for $3 million, the largest bonus given by the organization since Kevin Gausman signed for $4,320,000 in '12 (No. 4 overall pick).

The immediate results weren't there for Hall, Baltimore's No. 4 prospect, during his professional debut in the Rookie Gulf Coast League, as he posted a 6.97 ERA in 10 1/3 innings while making five starts. But the 19-year-old southpaw still impressed club officials with his combination of stuff, feel and potential, a trend that continued this fall during the Orioles' instructional league in Sarasota, Fla.

"It's a plus fastball and plus breaking ball with DL, but it's free and easy -- there's not a lot of effort. It's nice to see the rhythm and ease to his delivery," Orioles Director of Player Development Brian Graham said.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/258825068/dl-adam-hall-at-orioles-instructional-league/?topicid=151437456

[MDtransplant757]

So he's a project that will either combust in our face or be a great pitcher? 

[Luke-OH]

51 minutes ago, MDtransplant757 said:

So he's a project that will either combust in our face or be a great pitcher? 

Nearly all high school pitchers are projects.  The closest thing to a non-project in recent years was Dylan Bundy, he was moving fast before his injury.  Even a guy with the stuff and polish Bundy had when drafted needs time to adjust to a much higher level of competition.  I mean think about it, in the regular high school season, a pitcher might face maybe a handful of guys (at most) who'll ever even make it as high as AA.  Pitches play differently against different levels of bat speed and power, not to mention pitch recognition and approach.

[MDtransplant757]

7 hours ago, phillyOs119 said:

Nearly all high school pitchers are projects.  The closest thing to a non-project in recent years was Dylan Bundy, he was moving fast before his injury.  Even a guy with the stuff and polish Bundy had when drafted needs time to adjust to a much higher level of competition.  I mean think about it, in the regular high school season, a pitcher might face maybe a handful of guys (at most) who'll ever even make it as high as AA.  Pitches play differently against different levels of bat speed and power, not to mention pitch recognition and approach.

Pretty much. I'm asking is he a project in the sense that it will take him 6+ years to get here? 

[Can_of_corn]

26 minutes ago, MDtransplant757 said:

Pretty much. I'm asking is he a project in the sense that it will take him 6+ years to get here? 

If it takes him six years he's a reliever.

[backwardsk]

7 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

If it takes him six years he's a reliever.

Or had an injury along the way like Harvey.

[Can_of_corn]

33 minutes ago, backwardsk said:

Or had an injury along the way like Harvey.

A regular TJ injury shouldn't slow him down that much.  The Harvey situation lingered a lot longer than is the norm.

[weams]

On 10/19/2017 at 5:36 PM, Can_of_corn said:

A regular TJ injury shouldn't slow him down that much.  The Harvey situation lingered a lot longer than is the norm.

A lot. So much so that he will probably start 2018 in the Orioles pen throwing gas to build up innings. 

[OFFNY]

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2017 1st-Rounder DL Hall Terrific This Season

(By Josh Michael)

http://www.masnsports.com/orioles-buzz/2018/08/josh-michael-2017-first-rounder-dl-hall-terrific-this-season.html

 

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[MDtransplant757]

We might have a nugget. 

[Just Regular]

On 10/19/2017 at 9:36 AM, Can_of_corn said:

If it takes him six years he's a reliever.

How about 5 years, 2 months?