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Passan highlights Royals passing on Chris Sale
Seems like he starts with the Royals and drives it home at the end with them, other teams passed his ass too when he was labeled a 'reliever'.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/how-whi...045421128.html How White Sox's Chris Sale went from anomaly to ace By Jeff Passan Quote:
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04-17-2014, 10:17 AM | #2 |
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04-17-2014, 11:08 AM | #3 |
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Sale was my #1 pitching target in FBB this spring because of his stuff, but it's hard to lampoon the Royals for passing on a guy with really funky mechanics. It's far more likely they end up like Dontrelle Willis than a multi-year horse.
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04-17-2014, 11:51 AM | #4 |
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Any highlights when we signed Bubba and passed on that Springer dude that got called up by Houston yesterday?
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04-17-2014, 12:03 PM | #5 | |
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What's particularly painful is that the Royals were linked to him so much leading up to that draft, even on draft day. Colon was a very risk averse pick that should have been safe. (A Clark Hunt-stamp-of-approval type). He obviously hasn't worked out (and nice subtle reference to utility player in there by Passan, as that's the upside for Colon at this point). The 2010 and 2011 drafts are painful. Lot of great players in the 2011 draft taken after Starling (Rendon, Jose Fernandez, Springer, Archie Bradley, Francisco Lindor).
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I'm willing to bet he never see's any time with the Royals at the MLB level..
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04-17-2014, 12:13 PM | #7 |
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Nailed the **** out of Soria and Perez though
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I have seen 20 and 30 grades on his hit tool this spring. 40 is MLB replacement/average (.255ish). I understand why they took him (highest ceiling in that draft, local kid - can you imagine the outcry if he'd been drafted by, say, St. Louis, and turned into a monster?). But damn, it has not worked out so far. And damn, I wish they'd had the guys to not take him.
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04-17-2014, 12:28 PM | #11 |
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A crazy good athlete as well. If nothing else he can run.
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04-17-2014, 12:33 PM | #12 | |
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That's a similar guy. 5-toolsy, somewhat raw, from a area of the country that limited his experience and exposure to other high level players.
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04-17-2014, 12:33 PM | #13 |
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Why are you guys so down on Starling?
He's batting a mighty .114 with 1 HR in Wilmington. Bunch of negative Nancies around here. |
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04-17-2014, 12:38 PM | #14 |
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Just perusing the stats from our minor league affiliates, the only hitter that looks like anything promising is Eibner. He's mashing right now.
Giavotella is hitting. Colon is awful. In AA, Cuthbert is average. Bonifacio is struggling. |
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“Best athlete. Best player in the world—period. Best player on the planet.” FWIW, some Cardinals fans still bitch about passing on Rick Porcello when he dropped due to signability issues. That's the draft we took Kozma's worthless ass in.
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