Soroka with another great outing. Liking this kid so far
Soroka with another great outing. Liking this kid so far
After the promotion is a great signQuote:
Originally Posted by IslandBrave
Wonder if Jenkins will be called up in September
No reason to this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by buck75
Yep. Way too much pressure. Give up a run, you loseQuote:
Originally Posted by Heyward
Not even that, i was just saying, save his arm for STQuote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
I was joking... Well, sort ofQuote:
Originally Posted by Heyward
We may need a few more starters (just saying)
I know some love to say the Braves go after players with torn UCLs or that they are the cause of torn UCLs. In both cases, it is a generalized statement that doesn't hold water. If it was Billy Beane buying low on injured players, he would be hailed as some genius who was exploiting a market. Since the Braves do it though, and since they trust their scouts more than they trust numbers, it's a poor strategy.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
The plethora of UCL injuries in baseball recently is directly caused by what these players are doing when they are 10-13 years old, throwing too often, throwing too many pitches, too much competitive pitching, and not allowing their arms to rest.
Austin Riley 2 for 6 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI tonight. The milb.com site still doesn't have any stats for him on his player card page. Slugging .800 at Danville right now.
This is just one reason I always look at Baseball-Reference.com first.Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21
The pitching right now in the lower levels of the system is just sick.
I'm excited about Allard, but I think Soroka is going to be the one to surprise everyone by being a force... love that he flew under the radar slightly because of being in Canada.
Soroka isn't going to be 18 for a couple more days, has already been moved up to Danville and has a 17/3 K/BB in 14 IP. That's pretty impressive.
For some reason, Riley's stats don't show up at milb.com. Didn't in the GCL and they haven't upgraded his page. Nice start at Danville for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by KB21
Liking Soroka as well. He's from Canada, but he pitched in a lot of showcases in the states so he wasn't totally under the radar. Tall, lanky kid who looks like he could fill out a bit as he gets older. Here's video and draft synopsis of him from mlb.com.
Link: http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6756509...oka-hs-pitcher
Has a little whip action in his arm that concerns me a bit, but he has a nice loose delivery.
Soroka is easily one of our Top 10 prospects now.
I referenced Ryan Klesko in a post about Austin Riley and came across this picture of Riley. He even kind of looks like Klesko. Riley's a big kid and some scouts had concerns about his weight, but it looks like the guy can hit some.
http://imgix.scout.com/132/1322373.jpg
Here's the mlb video on Riley both hitting and pitching: http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6756509...horstoppitcher
That cut at the plate and knee lock reminds me of Prado!
Sorry [MENTION=18]Dalyn[/MENTION]
Has anyone seen Soroka? Where's his FB at and what's his stuff like?
He's going to be huge for us the next few years.Quote:
Originally Posted by 50PoundHead