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2 hours ago, Frobby said:

I’m just hoping that Hanifee turns out to be more of a prospect than Brady Wager.    I never even heard of the guy.    

 

 

It’s also a validation of a sea-change in philosophy in terms of the Orioles’ minor league pitching operation, which was honored Monday with Hanifee’s Carolina League Pitcher of the Week award.

 

A fourth-round draft pick in 2016, Hanifee has always had a mature and polished approach, one that centered around a tremendously effective low-90s mph sinker. He threw it 80% of the time at Delmarva last year, recording a 2.68 ERA in 23 starts at age-20. That vaulted him to No. 11 on the organization’s top prospect list, according to Baseball America, but didn’t elevate his own perception of what he was doing on the mound much. In fact, the opposite was true.

"That's not going to cut it moving forward," Hanifee said. "I didn't really take the time to work on my off-speed stuff last year. I stuck with what was working, and I was able to put together a good year. Ultimately, that wasn't a great year for me, honestly. I definitely got better from experience, but from a stuff standpoint, from a pitching standpoint, I didn't challenge myself to make pitches in counts that were helpful."

 

That changed this year, with the focus being on his slider and changeup being pitches he's confident throwing in any count. The Orioles have seen improvement in both the low-80s slider and his mid-80s changeup, but throwing them in games, especially at an advanced level, presents challenges.

 

https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-minors-brenan-hanifee-20190716-elvanfoqnrgfpg35flg6rrkkau-story.html

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17 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

It’s also a validation of a sea-change in philosophy in terms of the Orioles’ minor league pitching operation, which was honored Monday with Hanifee’s Carolina League Pitcher of the Week award.

 

A fourth-round draft pick in 2016, Hanifee has always had a mature and polished approach, one that centered around a tremendously effective low-90s mph sinker. He threw it 80% of the time at Delmarva last year, recording a 2.68 ERA in 23 starts at age-20. That vaulted him to No. 11 on the organization’s top prospect list, according to Baseball America, but didn’t elevate his own perception of what he was doing on the mound much. In fact, the opposite was true.

"That's not going to cut it moving forward," Hanifee said. "I didn't really take the time to work on my off-speed stuff last year. I stuck with what was working, and I was able to put together a good year. Ultimately, that wasn't a great year for me, honestly. I definitely got better from experience, but from a stuff standpoint, from a pitching standpoint, I didn't challenge myself to make pitches in counts that were helpful."

 

That changed this year, with the focus being on his slider and changeup being pitches he's confident throwing in any count. The Orioles have seen improvement in both the low-80s slider and his mid-80s changeup, but throwing them in games, especially at an advanced level, presents challenges.

 

https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-minors-brenan-hanifee-20190716-elvanfoqnrgfpg35flg6rrkkau-story.html

Wow!

Development!

What concept. 

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25 Nuggets

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So overall, GCL is doing well, so is Aberdeen, Delmarva is doing great and Bowie is improving.  What's up with Frederick?

I say that because Elias & co seem to have started from the bottom up with their revamp in player development, particularly with the pitchers.

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