Nick Vespi selected, Logan Allen DFA'd

[Aristotelian]

Excellent, great story since being drafted in the 16th round and repeating Delmarva. He deserves it and I hope he has success at the next level. 

[maybenxtyr]

I remember him in Delmarva. I never thought he would get this far, but he most definitely deserves it.

[btdart20]

1 hour ago, Jammer7 said:

Agreed. There is arm talent there, but he needs some minors developmental time. Get his mechanics and pitch shape to where it needs to be. I watched a good bit of video of him. Different arm angles and mechanics seemingly in every season.

Interesting.  I haven't seen video on him.  But your description sounds like Nestor Cortes.  

Edited May 17, 2022 by btdart20

[Jammer7]

2 hours ago, btdart20 said:

Interesting.  I haven't seen video on him.  But your description sounds like Nestor Cortes.  

Not so much. Cortes creates funk with his pauses and differing arm slots. Cortes has a quick arm and despite all the funky stuff, he stays within his mechanics. Allen’s action is slow and long, and it often looks like it will eventually create shoulder issues. His rhythm is poor from all of the mechanics and he frequently flies open. His early video is pretty sound and a bit shorter action. They may have tried to hide the ball better, create angles on his slider, and they altered his change up. I have never seen a guy like him. He looks like he is lost and searching for answers. In his interview, you can easily tell he was not happy about the way Cleveland altered his mechanics and pitches. 

[NelsonCruuuuuz]

4 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Vespi has been lights out at Norfolk and it's a well deserved promotion. 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=vespi-000nic

Can’t get much better than a 0.00 ERA.

[MurphDogg]

Allen clears, hopefully he can fix whatever ails him at Norfolk.

[Just Regular]

 

[interloper]

I saw this on twitter, but you have to like the following things:

-Allen did not affect Vespi getting called up, or if he did it was only a delay of a couple days

-Allen clears waivers, we get to see if we can unlock something in the 24-yr-old

-Fry also won't get in the way of Vespi, and that we got anything for him is fantastic 

These moves all feel like a net positive - Vespi gets the call, Allen replaces him in AAA, Fry turns into a 19-yr old. 

[PHRESH]

On 5/17/2022 at 2:50 PM, SteveA said:

Now we know what that MASN tweet that hinted at a debut this week was about!

And it's the one we all wanted!

[foxfield]

14 hours ago, PHRESH said:

And it's the one we all wanted!

Yes it is!!!

 

[maybenxtyr]

41 minutes ago, foxfield said:

Yes it is!!!

 

I really hope they don't send him down because he pitched 2 innings last night.

[jerios55]

17 hours ago, interloper said:

Fry turns into a 19-yr old. 

Can someone teach me how to do this?