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Blaine Knight - RHP - 2018 #9 Prospect

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I only try to post when I have actually seen the player play, and as I have seen Knight and was very impressed, has very good stuff and that mental ability to give him that edge for success, could be rated higher in the prospect list, maybe 6th or 7th.

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26 minutes ago, REDMAN said:

I only try to post when I have actually seen the player play, and as I have seen Knight and was very impressed, has very good stuff and that mental ability to give him that edge for success, could be rated higher in the prospect list, maybe 6th or 7th.

The fact that Knight is this high with so little pro experience should tell everyone who much we like his potential. Smart pitcher with command of four pitches, two of which can be plus at times gets you a bit excited. If he can learn to throw a bit more quality strikes, his home run rate will come down and the Orioles will really have something. Although the Orioles typically move their pitchers at a snail's pace through development, I could see Knight moving quickly and could be at Bowie at some point next year.

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3 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

The fact that Knight is this high with so little pro experience should tell everyone who much we like his potential. Smart pitcher with command of four pitches, two of which can be plus at times gets you a bit excited. If he can learn to throw a bit more quality strikes, his home run rate will come down and the Orioles will really have something. Although the Orioles typically move their pitchers at a snail's pace through development, I could see Knight moving quickly and could be at Bowie at some point next year.

Thanks, I've only really watched him in college, but he was magnificent. Thin. Magnificent. 

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5 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

The fact that Knight is this high with so little pro experience should tell everyone who much we like his potential. Smart pitcher with command of four pitches, two of which can be plus at times gets you a bit excited. If he can learn to throw a bit more quality strikes, his home run rate will come down and the Orioles will really have something. Although the Orioles typically move their pitchers at a snail's pace through development, I could see Knight moving quickly and could be at Bowie at some point next year.

How the new leadership historically handles development of pitching will be the #1 thing to look out for, when hired. I have no idea how they should be handled, but I sure hope that whoever is hired is expert on the topic. We actually have a good number of arms in our system. It will take a few years, but our new people at least have something to work with.

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27 minutes ago, Jagwar said:

I think it's awesome that auto correct assumed "Vader" was the correct word. 

At first I thought he was comparing them to Sebastian Vader, and I couldn’t understand why one would make that comparison. 

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