Whatever the case, Taijuan Walker is a freak, and at his best he was reported to have four "nightmarish" pitches, so the M's are obviously thinking, if they can Joe Montana him, they've got unlimited upside.
Yep - I was just hoping to avoid another Brandon Morrow/ Philippe Aumont training case. I'm really hoping we sign the kid in we drafted in the third, Ryne Stanek, because he looks much more in the Chris Tillman mold - a guy with repetition in his delivery and still-improving stuff who has been pitching for a few years instead of just in between basketball practices.
I've kinda soured on pure athletes. I like athletic baseball players, but the ability to jump high or punch hard isn't really related to the rotational mastery and hand-eye coordination required to conquer baseball. At least IMO.
Seen one too many Greg Halmans/Mike Wilsons/Josh Womacks I guess. Drafting Denny Almonte instead of Mike Stanton because Denny could have 5 tools he never masters instead of the 4 that Mike will shortly be throttling the NL with.
However we do surely seem to be loading up on prep picks early (12 of our first 22 picks). We're never gonna sign em all, so I'm guessing that we grabbed our first two picks as signables and the rest are gonna get offered 1/5th of our pool for the 10 picks - first five guys to say yes get it.
That's an interesting way to add high-ceiling talent in the domestic draft, if we do it and pull it off.
~G
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