#16 2020 Prospect: Carter Baumler - RHP

[HowAboutThat]

2 hours ago, Jammer7 said:

Way off the OP, but who was the best athlete who pitched for the Orioles? Mike Mussina, Ken Dixon, Mike Boddicker and Ben McDonald come to mind for me. Sidney Ponson? 

I know what answer Brady would give...

[hoosiers]

Nice to hear the tidbits on Baumler from the Instructional League.  I know folks are going to point out the nature of what is reported is overwhelmingly positive, and they are right, of course.  Still, this last draft was performed with heavy analytics and without in person or in competition video for the spring 2020 season in college and HS baseball and without in-person workouts.  IMO, the positive comments are an early vindication of our draft strategy and the two HS prospects we invested big $ in with the expectation that they were essentially second or third round talents.  The early word from various quotes from Matt Blood is that Mayo and Baumler are who we thought/hoped they were or better. 

[Frobby]

I got curious to see what’s up with Baumler and found his Twitter feed.  There’s a video there from June 9 showing him throwing off a mound — only 72 mph but presumably not pushing it that early (his surgery was last November).   Hopefully he’s a little further along by now.   For some reason I can’t embed the tweet or a link directly to the tweet, but you can find his account here and just scroll down to June 9.   https://mobile.twitter.com/CarterBaumler
 

Looks like his younger brother is a pitcher too.   Lots of retweets of stuff about him.

 

[Tony-OH]

2 hours ago, Frobby said:

I got curious to see what’s up with Baumler and found his Twitter feed.  There’s a video there from June 9 showing him throwing off a mound — only 72 mph but presumably not pushing it that early (his surgery was last November).   Hopefully he’s a little further along by now.   For some reason I can’t embed the tweet or a link directly to the tweet, but you can find his account here and just scroll down to June 9.   https://mobile.twitter.com/CarterBaumler
 

Looks like his younger brother is a pitcher too.   Lots of retweets of stuff about him.

 

 

[NCRaven]

Looks more like long toss than pitching off a mound.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, NCRaven said:

Looks more like long toss than pitching off a mound.

Yep.

I'm fine with it.  Nothing to gain by rushing the process.

Hopefully he'll be full go by the spring.

[Tony-OH]

41 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Yep.

I'm fine with it.  Nothing to gain by rushing the process.

Hopefully he'll be full go by the spring.

He's be 15 months out from surgery next February so I expect he should be a full rehab go by spring training. they'll probably limit his innings next year to around 75 total I'd imagine so they could either slow start him or pitch him 2 to 3 innings at first.

[Aristotelian]

1 hour ago, NCRaven said:

Looks more like long toss than pitching off a mound.

Lol, I hope those weren't really "heaters" or he is in trouble. 

[bobmc]

A feel good but interesting interview with Carter Baumler by @Eric-OH @Eric_Birdland on Twitter:

Snippets 

“My health right now is right where I want to be. Just finished my throwing program with the Orioles down in Sarasota and now back for the off-season where I will continue arm and shoulder care along with a lifting program where I’m not limited from rehab anymore.”

 

Eric - Going to watch games from the travel level to the bigs, I’m seeing lots of football throwing incorporated into drills and warm-ups, but also noticing so many two-sport athletes who are highly skilled at both. Baumler is one of them, as his scholarship to an excellent TCU football program came from his exploits as both a kicker and a punter. The resume’ is deep and proves he’s in an elite tier as a leg/special teams athlete.

“I wouldn’t say I’m the most accurate kicker when it comes to field goals. I always had a good leg and could kick it out to 60 somewhat consistent. I was a better punter then I was kicker and I also like punting better too. When it came to punting I could get the ball to about 65 yards in the air with 4.7 hang time when things go well. With a roll I could punt the whole football field but that isn’t very game-like. Punting was something I feel I could have gone pro at if I put as much time and effort into as baseball. I had a cool opportunity to work with Matt Hack ex Dolphins and current Bills punter who went to my high school which helped me out quite a bit.”

“Living with Coby (Mayo) was a very fun experience. It was really the first time both of us have had a roommate before so there were some things we had to figure out but we were able to form a great relationship that goes beyond baseball. He is def a character and I learned some things from his personality that he does well without even knowing. Look forward to seeing him again soon.”

“One of the best humans and teammates I’ve ever met [was] Ty Blach. Ty and I both were going through TJ rehab down in Florida. We also had the same doctors perform our surgery so we were able to form a close relationship on and off the field. Ty is a natural leader who leads with example, one of the hardest working people I’ve met who’s mentally tough and forms his relationships with God at the center of them.”

[RZNJ]

I'll settle for the pitching version of Mayo.

[Frobby]

Nice report, @bobmc.   Looking forward to seeing Baumler on the mound next year.   

[sportsfan8703]

Gotta like that he’s not just a guy with a big fastball. All around athlete. Good makeup. How many people like punting? Haha. He should have great leg strength and flexibility. Seems like this was just a fluke injury. Hopefully he’ll be healthy and get 40-50IP in the FCL next year age 20. 

[Grady]

On 10/21/2020 at 10:14 PM, Philip said:

On 10/21/2020 at 7:50 PM, Jammer7 said:

Way off the OP, but who was the best athlete who pitched for the Orioles? Mike Mussina, Ken Dixon, Mike Boddicker and Ben McDonald come to mind for me. Sidney Ponson? 

If you had watched Palmer in batting practice back in the day you would say him.

 He was every bit as good a outfielder as Blair. My opinion 

 

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, Grady said:

 

Mark Hendrickson.

[Yossarian]

There were many times this year I think the Orioles wish they could have just "punted" and got out of an inning.