Grayson Rodriguez 2018

[Redskins Rick]

2 minutes ago, weams said:

 

Print your 2021 WS tickets.

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, weams said:

 

I guessed 20 IP this year right?

I think they better shut him down.

[Frobby]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

I guessed 20 IP this year right?

I think they better shut him down.

The GCL regular season ends on Saturday, before GrayRod’s turn would come around again.   Therefore, he’s done for the year unless the O’s choose to give him a taste of Aberdeen.   (The IronBirds’ schedule runs through Labor Day.)

[Bradysburns]

18 minutes ago, Frobby said:

The GCL regular season ends on Saturday, before GrayRod’s turn would come around again.   Therefore, he’s done for the year unless the O’s choose to give him a taste of Aberdeen.   (The IronBirds’ schedule runs through Labor Day.)

I suppose he's too young/new for Arizona Fall League? I think they usually send guys closer to MLB debuts there, right? 

[Frobby]

2 minutes ago, Bradysburns said:

I suppose he's too young/new for Arizona Fall League? I think they usually send guys closer to MLB debuts there, right? 

I think each team is allowed to send one guy below AA to the AFL.    There’s no way we send Rodriguez.    

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Bradysburns said:

I suppose he's too young/new for Arizona Fall League? I think they usually send guys closer to MLB debuts there, right? 

AFL is an advanced winter league.

He's also probably at his innings cap for the year.

[Frobby]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

AFL is an advanced winter league.

He's also probably at his innings cap for the year.

Any reason you picked 20 innings as his cap?    I noticed that two other 18 year old Orioles’ draftees, Drew Rom and Jake Zebron, each threw 30 innings in the GCL.   I suppose it could be that GrayRod (19.1 IP) had a heavier HS workload, or that the O’s are just being cautious with their biggest investment.   Or, it could be that the O’s wanted to save a few innings to expose GrayRod to Aberdeen.   I imagine we’ll hear about this from Melewski one way or the other.  

[Can_of_corn]

12 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Any reason you picked 20 innings as his cap?    I noticed that two other 18 year old Orioles’ draftees, Drew Rom and Jake Zebron, each threw 30 innings in the GCL.   I suppose it could be that GrayRod (19.1 IP) had a heavier HS workload, or that the O’s are just being cautious with their biggest investment.   Or, it could be that the O’s wanted to save a few innings to expose GrayRod to Aberdeen.   I imagine we’ll hear about this from Melewski one way or the other.  

That one.

I won't try and convince you that I did a lot of research and that a lot of thought went into my final figure.  I looked at when he signed and when the season ended and came up with a guess based on very conservative usage.

[Frobby]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

That one.

I won't try and convince you that I did a lot of research and that a lot of thought went into my final figure.  I looked at when he signed and when the season ended and came up with a guess based on very conservative usage.

We’ll see what they do.   Hall pitched only 10.1 innings last summer; Hunter Harvey pitched 25.1 including 12 at Aberdeen.   Of course, we know what happened with Harvey!    But then again, Bundy didn’t pitch professionally at all the year he was drafted; fat lot of good it did him!

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Frobby said:

We’ll see what they do.   Hall pitched only 10.1 innings last summer; Hunter Harvey pitched 25.1 including 12 at Aberdeen.   Of course, we know what happened with Harvey!    But then again, Bundy didn’t pitch professionally at all the year he was drafted; fat lot of good it did him!

They keep moving up the signing deadline giving the players more time to pitch.

[weams]

 

[Frobby]

4 hours ago, weams said:

 

Not a bad write-up.    Next year will be interesting for GrayRod.   He seems to have a good foundation.  

[Luke-OH]

11 hours ago, Frobby said:

Not a bad write-up.    Next year will be interesting for GrayRod.   He seems to have a good foundation.  

Pretty good, his slider was his best offspeed pitch pre-draft, so to hear that the curve has improved and there still is a distinct slider, is encouraging. Plus 95-97 in August is nice. 

[Redskins Rick]

14 hours ago, Frobby said:

Not a bad write-up.    Next year will be interesting for GrayRod.   He seems to have a good foundation.  

I can barely keep up with the Orioles.

I wonder if other organizations are having the same type of medical results with young pitchers, they appear to break easy.?

[Frobby]

8 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

I can barely keep up with the Orioles.

I wonder if other organizations are having the same type of medical results with young pitchers, they appear to break easy.?

My impression is that the O’s are no worse than other teams at minimizing injuries to their young pitchers.    I think weams has done a real service to the board with his “They All Break” thread — it really makes you aware of just how frequently pitchers go down.    And it’s true in the minors just as in the majors.