MONDAY MINORS FINAL 8/13/18: One-hit mastery x 2

Nerfherders said:
Allard's only 20. I think there is time to make him into something. Remember, Mike Minor was kind of a junkballer early in his minors career and then got some velo later on.
Click to expand...

It's more like he was thought of as a junk baller, but suddenly his stuff shot up his first year in the minors.
 
Right, the Braves made mechanical adjustments to Minor's delivery and he had increased velocity almost immediately. His strikeout numbers were absurd. This is who Allard is.
 
bravesfanMatt said:
And/or made it just improvements. Not changing him. It is just like when I added shutters to my double wide. I didn’t change it really just improved it. Or that spoiler kit for my 89 civic. Still a civic. Just rockin cool now.
Click to expand...

Speaking of “improvements”: pretty good article from The Guardian this week on the community blight of [MENTION=59]Enscheff[/MENTION]’s favorite, the Dollar General, which sells itself to towns as an improvement, but actually further chokes them down into destitution and irrelevance, diminishing them faster than Allard’s prospect status.
 
Last edited:
Allard apologists are going to defend him until they are blue in the face because they can’t admit they were wrong about him. At this point all we can do is hope he beats the odds and adds significant velocity.
 
Enscheff said:
Allard apologists are going to defend him until they are blue in the face because they can’t admit they were wrong about him. At this point all we can do is hope he beats the odds and adds significant velocity.
Click to expand...

I doubt he ever does. But here is my theory. High school he killed it. Hitting mid 90s. Back problems cause major surgery. Comes back and is drafted and back is hurt again. Minor back surgery. Comes back and coaches tweek delivery to relieve pressure on back at the cost of velocity.

I think if he ever wants to be successful, he needs to find that velocity he once had. Even at the risk it could have on health. His other stuff is not good enough to carry a hittable fastball.
 
bravesfanMatt said:
I doubt he ever does. But here is my theory. High school he killed it. Hitting mid 90s. Back problems cause major surgery. Comes back and is drafted and back is hurt again. Minor back surgery. Comes back and coaches tweek delivery to relieve pressure on back at the cost of velocity.

I think if he ever wants to be successful, he needs to find that velocity he once had. Even at the risk it could have on health. His other stuff is not good enough to carry a hittable fastball.
Click to expand...

Allard was mid-90s for 1 single innings in a showcase game. The Braves bit based on that bump in velocity.

Allard was always low-90s. The hope was he would grow into more. He didn't. He probably won't.

12:18
Kiley McDaniel: Allard was 90-93 as an amateur and was 92-96 for one inning in the PG All American game in August before the draft. He’s basically been 88-94 every outing of his life except for that one, but he was an athletic 16-year-old with three pitches and feel so, despite not being projectable, some thought he would mature into more velo. The back issue didn’t help, but that was always a bit optimistic. This is about what he is.
 
damn, that was some nice rational thinking.
Enscheff said:
Allard was mid-90s for 1 single innings in a showcase game. The Braves bit based on that bump in velocity.

Allard was always low-90s. The hope was he would grow into more. He didn't. He probably won't.

12:18
Kiley McDaniel: Allard was 90-93 as an amateur and was 92-96 for one inning in the PG All American game in August before the draft. He’s basically been 88-94 every outing of his life except for that one, but he was an athletic 16-year-old with three pitches and feel so, despite not being projectable, some thought he would mature into more velo. The back issue didn’t help, but that was always a bit optimistic. This is about what he is.
Click to expand...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top