Draft Night Thread

[gp956]

Another college arm: Stephen Johnson. RHP

b-weezy comp.

His plus fastball plays extremely well in a short relief role, touching triple digits. He throws a hard breaking ball that is a bit inconsistent as well. Poor arm action hinders his command. If he can improve his mechanics to help his control, he has the chance to close at the next level like he did in college. His arm strength out of the pen is sure to intrigue many teams.

 

[tzill]

Another college arm: Stephen Johnson. RHP

b-weezy comp.

Dick Tidrow, line 1.

 

[gp956]

Dick Tidrow, line 1.

Is this AngryDick on line 1?

 

[tzill]

Is this AngryDick on line 1?

Was referring to the mechanical flaw that needs to be corrected.

This, from Perfect Game, on Agosta:

The biggest change in Agosta’s development this spring into one of the nation’s premier college pitching prospects, though, has been in the improvement in his changeup. With his increase in fastball velocity, he has only added to the differential on his change, while maintaining the same arm speed on both pitches. He has not been afraid to throw his change in any count, and it has been extremely effective against both lefthanded and righthanded hitters. With the general improvement he has shown with his raw stuff, Agosta’s evolution into a top prospect has become somewhat complete as he has always been considered an excellent athlete (he is a scratch golfer), has a quick, loose arm and an extremely-competitive approach.

Freak lite?

 

[gp956]

Was referring to the mechanical flaw that needs to be corrected.

This, from Perfect Game, on Agosta:

The biggest change in Agosta’s development this spring into one of the nation’s premier college pitching prospects, though, has been in the improvement in his changeup. With his increase in fastball velocity, he has only added to the differential on his change, while maintaining the same arm speed on both pitches. He has not been afraid to throw his change in any count, and it has been extremely effective against both lefthanded and righthanded hitters. With the general improvement he has shown with his raw stuff, Agosta’s evolution into a top prospect has become somewhat complete as he has always been considered an excellent athlete (he is a scratch golfer), has a quick, loose arm and an extremely-competitive approach.

Freak lite?

6'6" 205lbs.

 

[CameronFrye]

Was referring to the mechanical flaw that needs to be corrected.

This, from Perfect Game, on Agosta:

The biggest change in Agosta’s development this spring into one of the nation’s premier college pitching prospects, though, has been in the improvement in his changeup. With his increase in fastball velocity, he has only added to the differential on his change, while maintaining the same arm speed on both pitches. He has not been afraid to throw his change in any count, and it has been extremely effective against both lefthanded and righthanded hitters. With the general improvement he has shown with his raw stuff, Agosta’s evolution into a top prospect has become somewhat complete as he has always been considered an excellent athlete (he is a scratch golfer), has a quick, loose arm and an extremely-competitive approach.

Freak lite?

So is Craig Stadler. So is John Daly. Athlete is not the first word I would use to describe either of those fellows.

Just sayin'

 

[mistgl]

6'6" 205lbs.

?

Agosta is 6 flat and 178

 

[gp956]

Seventh Round: Eduardo Encinosa RHP - another college arm.

Jesus......lots of arms coming in.

 

[Heathbar012]

Seventh Round: Eduardo Encinosa RHP - another college arm.

Jesus......lots of arms coming in.

I suspect a few will be going out and moving up, too. I know. Thrilling analysis.

 

[gp956]

?

Agosta is 6 flat and 178

Thought we were talking about Stephen Johnson. Weird, we really were.

 

[CameronFrye]

Seventh Round: Eduardo Encinosa RHP - another college arm.

Jesus......lots of arms coming in.

Sabean could only deviate from his past draft strategies for so long before he snapped and went back to the status quo.

Draft arms and trade them for bats.

 

[tzill]

Thought we were talking about Stephen Johnson. Weird, we really were.

Nope; my post was something I found on Agosta.

 

[gp956]

Sabean could only deviate from his past draft strategies for so long before he snapped and went back to the status quo.

Draft arms and trade them for bats.

Perhaps when he had to pay 4M apiece for affeldt and lopez, he felt you can never have enough arms in the system.

 

[gp956]

Nope; my post was something I found on Agosta.

Actually it was in a chain of posts linked from my Stephen Johnson post which specifically referenced his mechanical flaws. You probably should have made it clear you were not referring to Johnson.

 

[calsnowskier]

Outside of Panda, the org has not developed a cant-miss bat since Mueller.

POSSIBLE exceptions...

Feliz
Torrealba
Lewis
Downs
Nate
C3PO
...

I think I prefer the strategy of draft pitchers, trade them for bats.

 

[calsnowskier]

Outside of Panda, the org has not developed a cant-miss bat since Mueller.

POSSIBLE exceptions...

Feliz
Torrealba
Lewis
Downs
Nate
C3PO
...

I think I prefer the strategy of draft pitchers, trade them for bats.

Whiffs, or potential whiffs...

Phillips
Niekro
Linden
Belt
EME
Copeland

Reaches, sure, but there are NO diamonds in the rough to compensate...

 

[gp956]

Outside of Panda, the org has not developed a cant-miss bat since Mueller.

POSSIBLE exceptions...

Feliz
Torrealba
Lewis
Downs
Nate
C3PO
...

I think I prefer the strategy of draft pitchers, trade them for bats.

Aside from this year, when has that strategy worked out?

 

[gp956]

Whiffs, or potential whiffs...

Phillips
Niekro
Linden
Belt
EME
Copeland

Reaches, sure, but there are NO diamonds in the rough to compensate...

Brown
Gillaspie
Fairly
Culberson
Noonan
Susac

 

[calsnowskier]

Brown
Gillaspie
Fairly
Culberson
Noonan
Susac

 

[calsnowskier]

Aside from this year, when has that strategy worked out?

It is better than throwing picks away when they clearly do not know what they are looking for on offense...