SUNDAY MINORS THEAD 8/5/18: New FA Pitchers Strong Debuts

[Tapate50]

Why is it hmmm worthy what’s the implication?

He’s a potential high leverage arm lotto ticket.

[Acuña’s Bat Flip]

Waters bounced back in a big way.

[buck75]

Austin Jackson double and homer so far. His triple a offensive numbers have been a lot better than Double a in the small sample so far.

Alex Jackson

[Super]

nolan gorman would look great in this org right now. if he were signed, of course.

[Hudson2]

nolan gorman would look great in this org right now. if he were signed, of course.

Gorman and Stewart were the 2 I wanted most. Gorman has tons of power.

[Hulavol]

Waters is the man...he looks superb

[Chico]

So strange to see Muller promoted before Anderson.

This makes zero sense to me.

[cajunrevenge]

Hursh was taken at 31. Aaron Judge was taken at 32.

Hursh is such a disappointment. He's got big league stuff but he's just a heaver. No idea how to pitch.

Great, I already hated Hursh with a passion. Not personally, but proffesionally hate him because seeing him in a reminder that we just flushed thr pick down the toilet. I am sick and tired of these "high floor, low ceiling" pitchers who dont even reach their floor. Why in the hell do teams keep doing that ****. Oh look, a high floor college catcher. What could go wrong! Oops 10 years later and he is working at burger king.

[Southcack77]

Great, I already hated Hursh with a passion. Not personally, but proffesionally hate him because seeing him in a reminder that we just flushed thr pick down the toilet. I am sick and tired of these "high floor, low ceiling" pitchers who dont even reach their floor. Why in the hell do teams keep doing that ****. Oh look, a high floor college catcher. What could go wrong! Oops 10 years later and he is working at burger king.

College isn't synonymous with low ceiling though.

Look at Kyle Wright and Touki, for example. Taken different paths to reach essentially the same place with essentially the same upside. You might prefer Touki, you might prefer Wright. I know there are people on both sides of it.

But hard to ignore that it took Wright a year and Touki four? years (plus big struggles and a change of clubs) to get there.

[Super]

I am sick and tired of these "high floor, low ceiling" pitchers who dont even reach their floor.

thankfully the culprit in our org is gone.

[Super]

College isn't synonymous with low ceiling though.

hmm i don't think he said as much tho

[Southcack77]

hmm i don't think he said as much tho

that is true. I didn't mean to pin him to that.

I assume there was good reason in the Braves front office to think that Hursh was going to be a better player than he ended up being. After all, Frank Wren was a luminary of our times.
And I'm sure there was plenty of reason to doubt Aaron Judge would be a superstar. Hence being available at 32.

There are always going to be misses. The MLB draft is the biggest crapshoot in the major sports.

[bravesfanMatt]

thankfully the culprit in our org is gone.

Bobby Cox. JS?

[Super]

Bobby Cox. JS?

nope

[striker42]

that is true. I didn't mean to pin him to that.

I assume there was good reason in the Braves front office to think that Hursh was going to be a better player than he ended up being. After all, Frank Wren was a luminary of our times.
And I'm sure there was plenty of reason to doubt Aaron Judge would be a superstar. Hence being available at 32.

There are always going to be misses. The MLB draft is the biggest crapshoot in the major sports.

Using hindsight on drafts is an exercise in futility. So much about player development can't be predicted. Seeing Judge getting drafted right behind Hursh was too good not to comment though. It's just insult to injury.

[thewupk]

Using hindsight on drafts is an exercise in futility. So much about player development can't be predicted. Seeing Judge getting drafted right behind Hursh was too good not to comment though. It's just insult to injury.

Trading Tex for Kotchman instead of getting the Trout draft pick is better

[bravesfanMatt]

Trading Tex for Kotchman instead of getting the Trout draft pick is better

That would assume we would have taken trout and not cox and JS influenced Braves way and draft a pitcher.

[zbhargrove]

Why is it hmmm worthy what’s the implication?

Lot of people forget we got him as a wild flame thrower in the low minors who had terrible numbers with raw potential. Now, he's one of our best relief prospects and we got him for Chacin.

[zbhargrove]

Hursh was taken at 31. Aaron Judge was taken at 32.

Hursh is such a disappointment. He's got big league stuff but he's just a heaver. No idea how to pitch.

Yeah, but he's now the career Mississippi leader in strikeouts...

[wowbobwow]

Oops 10 years later and he is working at burger king.

hey, don't knock BK - the perks are flame broiled, man!