|
04-17-2014, 09:32 AM | ||
Stay positive, don't give up
Join Date: Dec 2001
Casino cash: $3219383
|
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:
|
|
Posts: 46,187
|
04-17-2014, 01:00 PM | #16 | |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
Casino cash: $1380308
|
Quote:
For example, Mondesi and Dozier are not producing anything eye popping in Wilmington (where no one really produces anything eye popping), but the scouting reports on each are rave-worthy. Most of the Royals offensive talent in the minors is at A+ or lower. Above that, you're really only talking about Eibner, Bonifacio and Cuthbert. I haven't seen any reports on Boni or Cuthbert since this season started. Reports on Eibner have been good.
__________________
"You gotta love livin', cause dying is a pain in the ass." ---- Sinatra |
|
Posts: 21,167
|
04-17-2014, 01:06 PM | #17 | |
MVP
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: West of the Equator
Casino cash: $1529901
|
Quote:
Sale and Lincecum are two guys that have survived with unorthodox deliveries. The Royals passed on both, but it's hard criticize because those guys are the exception to all the others that blow their arms out. |
|
Posts: 13,635
|
04-17-2014, 01:09 PM | #18 | |
Now you've pissed me off!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Casino cash: $7939572
|
Quote:
And George Springer is a ****ing stud.
__________________
"When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln |
|
Posts: 74,853
|
04-17-2014, 01:12 PM | #19 |
Starter
Join Date: Jan 2014
Casino cash: $9975752
|
|
Posts: 216
|
04-17-2014, 01:16 PM | #20 | |
MVP
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: West of the Equator
Casino cash: $1529901
|
Quote:
When Sale pitched against the Royals a while back Jeff Montgomery noted that his elbow is above his shoulder right before he delivers a pitch. He said that needs to be corrected or he'll be on the scrap heap soon. |
|
Posts: 13,635
|
04-17-2014, 01:27 PM | #21 |
Now you've pissed me off!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Casino cash: $7939572
|
To be completely fair, the only pitchers with guarantees of durability are submariners. The body is not designed to throw a baseball overhead.
__________________
"When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln |
Posts: 74,853
|
04-17-2014, 01:31 PM | #22 |
MVP
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: West of the Equator
Casino cash: $1529901
|
A buddy and I were discussing arm issues (since the Royals have had so many). We wondered why no pitcher has ever thrown like a fast-pitch softball player. We decided that the mechanics won't work pitching off a mound. That was just a back-of-a-napkin theory.
|
Posts: 13,635
|
04-17-2014, 01:37 PM | #23 | |
Now you've pissed me off!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Casino cash: $7939572
|
Quote:
It's a Faustian bargain.
__________________
"When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln |
|
Posts: 74,853
|
04-17-2014, 01:40 PM | #24 |
Starter
Join Date: Jan 2014
Casino cash: $9975752
|
Ya seems that longer and longer you pitch the are gets considerbly unless you take hgh like clemens hah
|
Posts: 216
|
04-17-2014, 01:52 PM | #25 |
MVP
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: West of the Equator
Casino cash: $1529901
|
Interesting. I remember a story about a softball pitcher that approached 100 mph and pitched (a baseball, I assume) to Willie Mays, Boog Powell and a bunch of other MLB stars and struck them all out. He must have been a freak.
|
Posts: 13,635
|
04-17-2014, 02:29 PM | #26 |
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2011
Casino cash: $11006781
|
Jeff Passan wrote "...arsenal."
|
Posts: 1,321
|
04-17-2014, 02:31 PM | #27 |
Now you've pissed me off!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Casino cash: $7939572
|
It's also worth noting that it's easier to manipulate the spin on the ball when throwing overhand. There is a much larger variety of breaking pitches available to someone with an overhead motion.
__________________
"When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln |
Posts: 74,853
|
04-17-2014, 03:30 PM | #28 |
Valiant 'The Thread Killer'
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Kansas City
Casino cash: $6192380
|
|
Posts: 18,376
|
04-17-2014, 05:16 PM | #29 | ||
Deus ambulans inter homines
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Chicago
Casino cash: $9649340
|
Quote:
Quote:
I definitely came away questioning what they saw worth their 1st pick other than his potential for ++ power- which still assumes he isn't a constant strike out causality because major league pitchers are going to just feed you fastballs down the pipe like it's batting practice. I think he was also noted as really struggling with the curve or change up- can't quite remember.
__________________
Suck it, beautiful |
||
Posts: 14,918
|
04-17-2014, 06:15 PM | #30 |
World's Best Boss
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Bronco Country
Casino cash: $5654654
|
Knowing our luck, he would have blown out his arm if he came here (after we "cleaned up" his delivery and forced him to stop throwing the slider for a curveball).
|
Posts: 18,353
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|