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Brandon Kline - RHP - 2018 #14 Prospect

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I'm not sure if Kline is just gonna be bad, or what. It's a bummer. He's a prospect I liked for awhile and it's great to see him make it back after some injuries.

But...

That's got to be one of the straightest 98 mph fastballs I've ever seen in my life. It's just kind of worthless right now. It does nothing. He doesn't really locate it either so it's straight AND in the middle of the plate. Meanwhile, his secondary stuff is a non-factor, so hitters just sit fastball. 

Then again, sometimes he has some nice outings. 

More than likely he's just not going to be very good unless he learns how to do something else with that heat. 

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1 hour ago, interloper said:

I'm not sure if Kline is just gonna be bad, or what. It's a bummer. He's a prospect I liked for awhile and it's great to see him make it back after some injuries.

But...

That's got to be one of the straightest 98 mph fastballs I've ever seen in my life. It's just kind of worthless right now. It does nothing. He doesn't really locate it either so it's straight AND in the middle of the plate. Meanwhile, his secondary stuff is a non-factor, so hitters just sit fastball. 

Then again, sometimes he has some nice outings. 

More than likely he's just not going to be very good unless he learns how to do something else with that heat. 

Givens, Scott, Castro, and Kline have been huge let downs this year.  

I hate to say it, but lack of defined roles could be hurting their success.  Every arm on the team has to be able to go more than 1IP.  

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Not wishing to enrage @TonySoprano, but this thread is not 3 years old so ok, right?  Here is a mic'd up version of Branden and random teammates shagging flies recently.  Stay tuned for Mason W's great over the fence nab!  Ironically he asks MW if he ever ran into a brick wall.  btw @Legend_Of_Joey will be happy to see AW here making his cameo:

 

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