is one of my favorite low-minors pitchers. When he's on, he can be special. If he can get consistent then look out - especially with the results other talented people are getting from our training program.
He has better stuff than Hunter. His fastball as a starter gets up to 94, sits around 91. Nice tight break on his offspeed and his 2-seamer is interesting when he throws it for strikes. He's also a hard-nosed gamer. If we move him to the pen he could climb the ladder quickly.
I don't expect to do that yet. Furbush more than ever is looking like the LH guy in the pen to start the season, though. I remember how nice it was to have Arthur Rhodes as the bullpen lefty to demolish all opposition.
Be nice to get another one. At least we have some draws at it. Moran's still the dark horse. His struggles to start last year left an impression he has to work off, but I think he's destined for a pen role with us by the end of the year as well.
Our AAA team is gonna be fun to watch if a bunch of these guys don't make the 25-man. Potentially Catricala (or F-Mart), Peguero, Franklin, Saunders, Moore, Robinson, Liddi and Wilson in the lineup with some mixture of Paxton, Hultzen, Ramirez, Carraway, Beavan, Snow, Moran, Pryor and Robles on the staff...
There's a lot of fun to be had there.
Bischoff, Burgoon and Kesler are also climbing the reliever ladder to AA or beyond by some point next year.
Reinforcements are on the way.
~G
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