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26 minutes ago, cboemmeljr said:

He was just named to the Eastern League 2019 All-Star Team:

https://www.milb.com/eastern/news/eastern-league-all-star-team-announced/c-310235158

Odd to have 10 hitters and only 3 pitchers on an All-Star Team.

Yusniel Diaz has better numbers than all three outfielders selected (arguable with Oliva depending on how much you value OBP over SLG, but clear cut for the other 2). Diaz presumably didn't play enough games to qualify due to injuries. 

 

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28 minutes ago, cboemmeljr said:

He was just named to the Eastern League 2019 All-Star Team:

https://www.milb.com/eastern/news/eastern-league-all-star-team-announced/c-310235158

I don’t know why they choose this team before the season ends.   To me a choice between Lowther and Wells is really close and wouldn’t have wanted to make the call until the season was over completely.   

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1 hour ago, Frobby said:

I don’t know why they choose this team before the season ends.   To me a choice between Lowther and Wells is really close and wouldn’t have wanted to make the call until the season was over completely.   

I mean, they are both pretty much the same guy. I think the same one pitches and just has a stand in as the other guy.

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15 minutes ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

I mean, they are both pretty much the same guy. I think the same one pitches and just has a stand in as the other guy.

Alex Wells is even more like Lowther than he is to his twin brother, Lachlan Wells.  Lachlan's fallen behind Alex and has had a disappointing season in High A ball.  I think Lachlan was expected to be the better of the twins a couple of years ago.  .  

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20 minutes ago, Luke-OH said:

I think Joey was joking but they aren't particular similar. Lachlan Wells also for being Alex's twin, has a notably different delivery. 

Similarities: lefty, not particularly athletic looking, wear glasses, not a ton of velocity, good command of curve ball.    I guess Lowther misses more bats and has greater extension on the fastball to help it play up, while Wells is a bit more of a command guy.  

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1 hour ago, Ruzious said:

Alex Wells is even more like Lowther than he is to his twin brother, Lachlan Wells.  Lachlan's fallen behind Alex and has had a disappointing season in High A ball.  I think Lachlan was expected to be the better of the twins a couple of years ago.  .  

Lachlan has surgery either last year or the year before, I belive Tommy John.

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4 hours ago, Frobby said:

Similarities: lefty, not particularly athletic looking, wear glasses, not a ton of velocity, good command of curve ball.    I guess Lowther misses more bats and has greater extension on the fastball to help it play up, while Wells is a bit more of a command guy.  

Different movement profiles of fastball and curveball. Very different mechanics. The differences you stated are true as well, Lowther’s fastball even with the reduced velocity sits higher.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Lowther was named an AA all star by BA today.    And it sounds like his shoulder soreness was nothing serious (crosses fingers):

Said Bowie manager Buck Britton during the Eastern League Championship Series: “Just general soreness. For a guy like that, it’s more important for the longevity of his career. We’d love to have him, but we’re worried about his future. It’s nothing serious, but there is no sense in trying to run a guy out there for one more start. He’s pitched a lot of innings and been a workhorse for us. No sense pushing the guy. He would have taken the ball, trust me. But we have to pull back the reigns a bit and get him ready for next year.”

https://www.masnsports.com/steve-melewski/2019/09/two-os-are-baseball-america-classification-all-stars.html

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