Grayson interview

[Frobby]

On 2/4/2023 at 1:27 PM, emmett16 said:

Eastern shore MD is some of the cheapest water front property available in the US.  If he’s a country boy, as I imagine he is, he will like the area.  Imagine having a nice duck hunting lodge could be quite attractive, and as you mentioned a solid way to diversify.  Have to imagine Boras schools his clients on that. 

A funny line from the podcast.  The hosts said they’d asked Hall, “if I was duck hunting in the woods, what advice would you give me?”   And Hall responded “I’d ask you what you were doing in the woods.”

[Tony-OH]

On 2/3/2023 at 6:00 PM, Frobby said:

Just listened to the interview.   For those who want to listen but skip the hosts’ earlier discussions of the prospects lists, the interview begins at about the 29:30 mark and runs about 50 minutes.  It’s a very fun interview and Grayson was very relaxed talking with these guys.   

@wildcardcovered the highlights but there were three interesting tidbits he didn’t mention:

- Grayson has a younger brother who also pitches and is 6’7” as a 14-year old high school freshman.

- When Grayson was a high school sophomore, he was throwing around 95 mph.  Then early his junior year, he broke his hamate bone on his pitching hand while hitting a pitch that jammed him, but didn’t realize it was broken.  He pitched the rest of the season with tape on the wrist of his pitching hand, and was only throwing 90-92, so scouts weren’t very interested in him.  It was only after the season he found out he had a broken bone.   The next spring, he was throwing 98.

- For most of his senior year, he was expecting to get drafted 3rd/4th round.   It was only in the last week before the draft that he realized he might be a late first round/early second round pick.  He was completely surprised when the O’s picked him 11th.   

He sounds like a really fun guy and I’m looking forward to seeing him against big league competition.  

 

Rodriguez was outstanding scouting by Rajsich and his team.

[LookinUp]

20 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

Rodriguez was outstanding scouting by Rajsich and his team.

And at the same time, probably wouldn't be what he is today without Elias and his team.

In the old scouting director versus player development personnel argument, I have to think the scouting directors were much more right than wrong. I feel bad for the guys drafted into this org from the early 80's until Elias.

[Tony-OH]

2 hours ago, LookinUp said:

And at the same time, probably wouldn't be what he is today without Elias and his team.

In the old scouting director versus player development personnel argument, I have to think the scouting directors were much more right than wrong. I feel bad for the guys drafted into this org from the early 80's until Elias.

Very true. The difference in development is staggeringly different. 

[LookinUp]

1 hour ago, Tony-OH said:

Very true. The difference in development is staggeringly different. 

And likewise, it feels like Jordan and Rajsich brought some decent talent into the org, but not with very good results after the player dev side took over. Maybe not as consistently as Elias' team has though.