October 11, 200422 yr Resop, a two-way player in high school, has been a pitcher for about the same length of time, agreeing in July 2003 to become a pitcher after hitting .193 in 269 pro at-bats. The 21-year-old has a projectable pitcher's body at 6-foot-3, 200 pounds, and he has the athletic ability to put his fastball where he wants it. As a hitter, his best tool was raw power, though he failed to translate it from batting practice to games. As a pitcher, power remains Resop's forte, as he struck out 71 in 43 innings and gave up just one homer in his first full season as a pitcher. "The last homestand we had, he topped out at 98 mph," low Class A Greensboro manager Steve Phillips said. "It's got velocity, and it's got late life. It looks like it hops at the end. But the last few weeks of the season, we've encouraged him to throw his curveball more. It's becoming a pretty good pitch too, and it's only going to get better if he throws it more." LINK This kid could be a pretty damn good reliever with another year or so of seasoning. Good to see they had him work on his curve towards the end of the season because the one time I saw him pitch all he really threw were fastballs.
October 11, 200422 yr Author hm, sounds good. where will he start the 2005 season, High A, or still low A? 589094[/snapback] Hi-A I'm sure. I expect he might hit AA by mid-season. Having him repeat Low-A would be dumb as he tore the Sally up this year.
October 11, 200422 yr He's probably 2 seasons away from the big leagues, but with that arm, he has the potential to be very good.
October 11, 200422 yr God, you guys are in such a hurry to rush kids through the minors. If he's lucky enough to make it to the bigs at some point in his career it probably won't be for three or four years. When you rush young arms (and I realize many of you don't think of 22-24 as young) you are inviting arm troubles and shortening careers.
October 11, 200422 yr Author God, you guys are in such a hurry to rush kids through the minors. If he's lucky enough to make it to the bigs at some point in his career it probably won't be for three or four years. When you rush young arms (and I realize many of you don't think of 22-24 as young) you are inviting arm troubles and shortening careers. 589129[/snapback] Uh no I'm not. I'm very conservative in rushing kids through the system. I think we oughta take our time with all of our prospects. I really don't think it will take him 3-4 years though. That would mean a year at Hi-A, AA, and AAA(and maybe another if you say 4) which would do him no good being that our AAA team is in Albuquerque in the PCL. Until we get a new AAA affiliate there is no reason to send pitchers there because its almost guaranteed they will get shelled. I see him here after another one and a half to two years.
October 12, 200422 yr God, you guys are in such a hurry to rush kids through the minors. If he's lucky enough to make it to the bigs at some point in his career it probably won't be for three or four years. When you rush young arms (and I realize many of you don't think of 22-24 as young) you are inviting arm troubles and shortening careers. 589129[/snapback] Uh no I'm not. I'm very conservative in rushing kids through the system. I think we oughta take our time with all of our prospects. I really don't think it will take him 3-4 years though. That would mean a year at Hi-A, AA, and AAA(and maybe another if you say 4) which would do him no good being that our AAA team is in Albuquerque in the PCL. Until we get a new AAA affiliate there is no reason to send pitchers there because its almost guaranteed they will get shelled. I see him here after another one and a half to two years. 589146[/snapback] NC, I wasn't commenting on your post specifically, but to comments made in this thread and others, that expect every minor league player to make the jumps that Cabs and DW made. I rather doubt we will be getting a new AAA franchise anytime soon. If I was looking for an argument, which I'm not, I would make the point that in a hitter's league like the PCL, a pitcher who flourishes makes a strong statement about his skills. He'll never make it to the bigs on the strength of his fastball alone. It's one thing to throw 98mph past a bunch of kids barely out of school, it's another in the bigs. If he has a curveball - great! - but he'll need to acquire some breaking and off-speed stuff to last in MLB. Don't misunderstand, I wish the kid many successful years as a Fish. Good pickup (the story) though. Thanks for posting it.
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