Originally Posted by
smootness
Yeah, but to some degree I think we're expecting too much too soon out of some of these pitching prospects. Gohara is 20 and just now pitching above low-A, it would be a surprise if he was just mowing down everybody he faced like he was ready for the majors.
I'm just saying that I don't see him as similar to Touki. Touki has electric stuff, everybody knows that, but everybody also knows he's had some serious command issues that he has to work out. That is the definition of a lottery ticket. Gohara hasn't had the same command issues, at least not for the last year-plus. That also doesn't mean he has pinpoint command every time out, either. He's a pitching prospect who, again, is 20. So it stands to reason he'll have times where he struggles with command, location, release point, etc. Fried still struggles with the same things from time to time, as does every pitching prospect ever. Even Kershaw had struggles like that initially.