Quote Originally Posted by 50PoundHead View Post
I remember Travis Wilson made some big noise in spring training in the early-2000s and made it down to the last cut before coming back to earth in AAA. Cory Aldridge was another guy who put up a monster spring (might have been the same spring as Wilson's great performance), but it never panned out for him either.

Regular season major league baseball is pretty much its own planet. There's a lot less gravity on the other planets on which baseball is played--Arizona Fall League, Spring Training, Winter Leagues, Minor Leagues--and we always need to keep that in mind.

La Stella has the look of a guy whose skills will translate, but I'm always pretty cautious when projecting guys.
Knew somebody would remember! That was him, Travis Wilson.