I used to say that about Hoch. We could've had Kershaw (7), Lincecum (10), or Sherzer (11).


Then he dominated the 2015 playoffs, won the deciding Game 5 in NY, and I forgot it all.

It's funny, because many of the major writers were saying the main choice was between Hochevar and Andrew Miller.

Both were considered massive busts in their career as starting pitchers.

Both reinvented themselves and dominated the bullpen.

After doing a little more reading and getting through the excellent big board on Fangraphs https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/earl...s/#more-288781

I’m not sure Witt will hold up as a consensus top pick. Some questions about his hit tool and he’s old for his class.

The Catcher from Oregon State, Ruschmamnn, May end up being the top guy if he repeats his strong sophomore campaign with the bat.

Hoskins vs Schwarber was pretty great, Hoskins hit 20 in the second round, and no one else had hit 20 yet, so I thought Schwarber was done. Schwarber had a slow start but then got hot and cranked out the 21st to win in his bonus 30 seconds.

Now it's Muncy (Dodgers) vs Bryce Harper. Let's see if the home town favorite can beat the dark horse of the competition.

Harper will take this.

That was pretty entertaining.

Harper and his dad cheated big time when it came to pitch timing; such a shame when it honestly seems like he could have won without it.

I didn't watch it. How did they cheat?

Ya when he got on that 2nd run they were rapid fire pitching when the other ball wasn't even at its peak yet, let alone down.

I still think its stupid how the HRs reset for the finals.

Yeah Twitter is pretty mad about that. Maybe it's because people don't like Harper.

He probably still wins, but he probably should have gone into the extra time needing 3 maybe 4 HRs instead of just 1.

He still ended up with 8 less HRs overall than Schwarber.

jd described it here - clear violations of the rules around when pitching is allowed. Harper's pitcher (his father) was throwing pitches well before the previous hits had landed. He'd have probably won regardless, but it cheapens the whole thing when it's SO clear that nobody bothers to enforce the rules.

Its the HR Derby. Who gives a shit

It was awesome. And looked like they were waiting for someone to tell them when they could pitch

They should probably just get rid of that rule of the ball having to land, but I'm assuming they have it to protect the kids out on the field trying to catch the balls.