Eduardo Encina: Pedro Araujo’s Spot in Jeopardy?

[Aristotelian]

It is pretty hard to throw a baseball 1000's of times over the course of a season and not have some pain, somewhere.

[sportsfan8703]

Is Pedro that much better than Yacabonis, Yefry Ramirez, Melville, etc...?  He just doesn’t throw that hard. I don’t know what more time in the minors at 25-26 next year would even do to him. He can’t come out of the pen and dominate with his fastball. He needs 2-3 pitches working at all times. That’s hard to do. 

[Tony-OH]

10 hours ago, wildcard said:

Great call Tony!!!

Well I based off your analysis of how many days he had left. It really was the only logical move though logical and Orioles moves don't always get used in the same sentence often. lol

Araujo has some potential, Honestly, with his pitches, I'd convert him to a starter next year in the minors and see how it works. 

[Tony-OH]

2 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Is Pedro that much better than Yacabonis, Yefry Ramirez, Melville, etc...?  He just doesn’t throw that hard. I don’t know what more time in the minors at 25-26 next year would even do to him. He can’t come out of the pen and dominate with his fastball. He needs 2-3 pitches working at all times. That’s hard to do. 

His offspeed offerings are better than all three of the guys you mentioned. His main problem though is his fastball. It's not that his velocity is terrible (93 MPH avg), it just pretty straight. Occasionally he can sink it but its not often enough. He'll need to have better command of the pitch and learn how to throw it up in the zone to be effective with it. 

Now some may say there is too much effort in the delivery to be a starter, but every time I hear that argument and look at Mike Clevinger in Cleveland. If that guy can start with that delivery, then why not? Araujo definitely has the off speed deliveries to be a starter. the question is whether he can hold up over 80-100 pitches and whether he can go through a lineup more than one time effectively.

 

 

[eddie83]

9 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

Doesn't everyone that isn't a Patriots fan hate them?  Partially because they cheat?  That's your example?

Of course.

Where have the Orioles shown themselves to be cheaters? 

Buck is saying that the kid has had an issue for awhile. Who knows. 

[Luke-OH]

2 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Is Pedro that much better than Yacabonis, Yefry Ramirez, Melville, etc...?  He just doesn’t throw that hard. I don’t know what more time in the minors at 25-26 next year would even do to him. He can’t come out of the pen and dominate with his fastball. He needs 2-3 pitches working at all times. That’s hard to do. 

You all need to stop pining for Melville, I'm sorry, he's just filler. 

Yefry is actually a similar guy to Araujo, both are secondary over fastball guys without enough FB command to profile well in the majors. Araujo has a better breaking ball and Ramirez has a better delivery.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, eddie83 said:

Of course.

Where have the Orioles shown themselves to be cheaters? 

Buck is saying that the kid has had an issue for awhile. Who knows. 

The O's have had some mighty convenient injuries under Dan and Buck.

Is there any evidence the players were not actually injured?  Of course not.