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Post by Zack Attack Troll on Jun 8, 2009 18:31:49 GMT -5
I'm the only nerd that's gonna be watching tomorrow?  |
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Post by seaver41 on Jun 8, 2009 18:57:55 GMT -5
Probably. I won't watch but I'll check up on it every half hour or so.
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Post by Fuck Mike Brown on Jun 8, 2009 22:19:55 GMT -5
Part of the fun of watching the NFL and NBA drafts for me is in previewing the upcoming season and seeing the draftees' reactions, and since we're already in-season and I know maybe two or three players, I doubt I'll be watching.
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Post by Zack Attack Troll on Jun 9, 2009 18:21:47 GMT -5
Reds took P Mike Leake from AZ State. Tremendous pick. Love that guy.
Royals took P Aaron Crow. Like this pick, was scared it was going to be a reach.
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Post by seaver41 on Jun 9, 2009 21:08:34 GMT -5
Crow doesn't have great mechanics.
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Post by seaver41 on Jun 9, 2009 21:19:32 GMT -5
Oh god. The Mets' pick is awful. They picked Steven Matz. He seems like he was a reach and they could have drafted later. They better not have drafted him b/c he's from Long Island.
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Post by Zack Attack Troll on Jun 9, 2009 21:56:06 GMT -5
True on Crow, but he repeats them well and it's probably not worth making wholesale changes to them and risking losing his stuff. Repeating mechanics, even if they aren't good, certainly helps out quite a bit. It's the guys that can't repeat the delivery well that have problems, both with command and with injuries, since your putting pressure on so many different muscles/tendons/whatever.
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Post by Zack Attack Troll on Jun 9, 2009 22:00:01 GMT -5
Oh god. The Mets' pick is awful. They picked Steven Matz. He seems like he was a reach and they could have drafted later. They better not have drafted him b/c he's from Long Island. Baseball America says he was a top 3 round guy because of his upside. Probably not too much of a reach, if it was at all. |
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Post by Ziggy/Franzen Troll on Jun 9, 2009 23:58:00 GMT -5
meh i dont like drafting players out of high school.
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Post by seaver41 on Jun 10, 2009 0:36:51 GMT -5
True on Crow, but he repeats them well and it's probably not worth making wholesale changes to them and risking losing his stuff. Repeating mechanics, even if they aren't good, certainly helps out quite a bit. It's the guys that can't repeat the delivery well that have problems, both with command and with injuries, since your putting pressure on so many different muscles/tendons/whatever. I disagree. Repeating your mechanics is nice but repeating the wrong thing doesn't help. Oh god. The Mets' pick is awful. They picked Steven Matz. He seems like he was a reach and they could have drafted later. They better not have drafted him b/c he's from Long Island. Baseball America says he was a top 3 round guy because of his upside. Probably not too much of a reach, if it was at all. This was his first healthy year IIRC. |
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Post by Zack Attack Troll on Jun 10, 2009 10:33:50 GMT -5
I don't know about that. I haven't seen any proof (other than O'Leary) that those mechanics are really that bad. There's been no research done to prove that using that type of delivery is worse or has any more ill effects than pitchers who use the "correct" mechanics.
Whatever, I guess. Even if they are bad, they're not Prior, Wood, or Anthony Reyes bad. Plus the organization will undoubtedly continue to smooth out the mechanics to do the best to avoid injury.
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Post by Josh on Jun 17, 2009 19:02:47 GMT -5
That Strasburg guys is supposed to be a beast from what I've heard.
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Post by Zack Attack Troll on Jun 17, 2009 21:20:08 GMT -5
i've seen a lot of video on him...he is really, really good.
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