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Originally Posted by Demonpenz
Trevor Rosenthal from Lees Summit just threw a ball 100 mph for the Cards. Sweet job #Royals...not scouting your backyard again.
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I understand the sentiment, but here's the reality:
Trevor Rosenthal was a SS at at CC on the Kansas side of the metro. A Cardinals scout was at a tournament scouting other players and saw Rosenthal pitch the 5th or 6th inning of his college career (seriously, he had only pitched a few innings before getting noticed).
It was a flyer on a kid with a big arm and practically no pitching experience. Cardinals got very, very lucky. He could have just as easily ended up like Colt Griffin.
Different story than with Pujols, who was heavily and thoroughly scouted and still passed by 13 times.