CONTEST: Guess who the Braves draft.

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Stinnet has been used and abused worse than Fredi has done to any pitcher.
 
gilesfan said:
Stinnet has been used and abused worse than Fredi has done to any pitcher.
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They were talking about this--not about Stinnet in particular--this morning on the MLB cable channel. You really have to take into account how college pitchers were used by their college coaches. There are a lot of high school coaches that ride their prize arms too much, but many high school athletic associations (both state and local) limit how much a kid can pitch. Not so at the college level and some of those coaches are murder on their guys.
 
I don't have specifics, but I know Maryland would blink at letting him throw 140 pitches.

My teammate in high school threw 173 pitches in our regional quarterfinals. He would also be regularly used for a couple batters, go into field, come back in for a few batters. I also played with a guy that got taken out, he iced arm and started running, and the reliever got into trouble, so he was placed back in the game.
 
50PoundHead said:
They were talking about this--not about Stinnet in particular--this morning on the MLB cable channel. You really have to take into account how college pitchers were used by their college coaches. There are a lot of high school coaches that ride their prize arms too much, but many high school athletic associations (both state and local) limit how much a kid can pitch. Not so at the college level and some of those coaches are murder on their guys.
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To me, that is what is attractive about a guy like Jacob Lindgren. He threw 56 innings last year as a spot starter and 55.1 innings this year as a key reliever. I think he's a fast riser if you stick him in the pen, but I also think he is a guy who you could stretch out in the lower minors.
 
gilesfan said:
I don't have specifics, but I know Maryland would blink at letting him throw 140 pitches.

My teammate in high school threw 173 pitches in our regional quarterfinals. He would also be regularly used for a couple batters, go into field, come back in for a few batters. I also played with a guy that got taken out, he iced arm and started running, and the reliever got into trouble, so he was placed back in the game.
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I read a scouting report on Stinnet after you posted your comment and he did go over 140 pitches.

Can your high school teammate raise his arm above his shoulder. That's damn near unconscionable (unless he was a knuckleballer).
 
Georgia Southern left SP Sam Howard in for 137 pitches I think vs Fsu in the regionals. Really liked his stuff. Not sure how often they did that though.
 
Tapate50 said:
Georgia Southern left SP Sam Howard in for 137 pitches I think vs Fsu in the regionals. Really liked his stuff. Not sure how often they did that though.
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He's a guy that Kendall Rogers just posted on twitter about. Said he is hearing that he is rising. The lefty 2 hit and shut out FSU.
 
50PoundHead said:
I read a scouting report on Stinnet after you posted your comment and he did go over 140 pitches.

Can your high school teammate raise his arm above his shoulder. That's damn near unconscionable (unless he was a knuckleballer).
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Yeah, his arm was fine somehow. Threw about 92, but size kept him from getting drafted.
 
I went with Matt Imhof, didn't I?

It's going to be wrong, but I'll stick with that. It fits with their recent history.

Max Pentecost 9th to the Blue Jays.
 
KB21 said:
I went with Matt Imhof, didn't I?

It's going to be wrong, but I'll stick with that. It fits with their recent history.

Max Pentecost 9th to the Blue Jays.
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Imhof is a logical pick. I'm not hearing him connected with the Braves and I don't know if I'd like the pick, but it would follow some sort of logic.

One of the ironies here is that the Braves love Medeiros, but so do the Royals and it wouldn't be that odd to see the Royals draft him with the pick the Braves had to surrender when they signed Ervin Santana.
 
I haven't done 1% of the research I normally do on the draft but I am going to guess Michsel Chavis. I am praying we don't go with another Gilmartin or Cody Johnson.
 
Nobody wastes first round draft picks like the Atlanta Braves, fortunately we are pretty good at picking up some great players in the later rounds.
 
Jim Callis has revised his mock, and he has projected Garrett Fulenchek, RHP from Howe TX, to the Braves.
 
The #32 pick from 2004 to 2013: Zach Jackson, Chaz Roe, Pedro Beato, Nick Noonan, Jake Odorizzi, Tim Wheeler, Cito Culver, Jake Hager, JO Berrios, Aaron Judge

On that sobering note, go Braves!
 
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