June 8, 200917 yr Minor hits the corners with ease. A good changeup is a great thing to have in the majors, and Minor has great drop on his changeup. Fastball may never reach the likes of Strasburg, but it will stay consistant at the low 90s. Minor's command is a lot better than Miller's command. Main thing Miller has over Minor is his "stuff" is better, but when he doesn't consistantly get it over for strikes, what is the point of having it?
June 8, 200917 yr The point is Minor is 21(22 later this year) years old with average stuff and Miller is 18 with electric stuff. Minor hasnt exactly had a great college career either. Not bad but nothing special either. The most interesting part about Minor...to me...is the fact that the Marlins 2007 37th round draft pick, Kellen St. Luce(a guy I was upset didn't get signed) is also attending Vanderbilt, is now a sophomore, and has got a total of one inning pitched in his college career.
June 8, 200917 yr lolololol. like the Marlins are going to give anyone a $50 million dollar contract especially a prospect.
June 8, 200917 yr lolololol. like the Marlins are going to give anyone a $50 million dollar contract especially a prospect. Well, it's more lol because that's not how baseball works. Also, I would hate if we spent all that money on Strasburg. That kid has terrible mechanics.
June 8, 200917 yr lolololol. like the Marlins are going to give anyone a $50 million dollar contract especially a prospect. Well, it's more lol because that's not how baseball works. Also, I would hate if we spent all that money on Strasburg. That kid has terrible mechanics. That's what everyone said about Tim Lincecum
June 8, 200917 yr lolololol. like the Marlins are going to give anyone a $50 million dollar contract especially a prospect. Well, it's more lol because that's not how baseball works. Also, I would hate if we spent all that money on Strasburg. That kid has terrible mechanics. That's what everyone said about Tim Lincecum No, Lince has strange and "wild" mechanics. If you actually break it down, he's got great arm/body action, good timing, and a fantastic followthrough. I'd argue that his mechanics are actually very good. Strasburg's mechanics are really bad. Bad arm/body action that is almost all arm, ok timing, and a horrific followthrough.
June 8, 200917 yr lolololol. like the Marlins are going to give anyone a $50 million dollar contract especially a prospect. Like the $70m contract we gave Hanley? lolololol
June 8, 200917 yr Didn't I hear somewhere this morning (I wasn't really paying attention, it might have been Olney on Mike&Mike) that Boris came out and said it would take $20 million to sign him. :banghead I've heard that number BEFORE this morning, the good news (if you want to call it that) is that 20M appears to be the upper threshold, at this point. If I were the Nats I'd be completely dicks and be like "we have the #1 pick next year too. If you don't come down, we'll draft him again. We'll probably have the #1 pick in '11. If you don't come down, we'll draft him a third time. If he wants to play in the MLB anytime in the next several years, his price comes down." Screw what's doing what's best for the organization, it's about sending a message. My question would be, if he goes to Japan, could they then post him? That might be a way for Harper to hurry up his ability to be drafted lol. There is no way he's going to walk from the $15-20 Washington will guarantee him. Boras will lose all credibility, as that is still the largest amateur contract of all time, and that sum of money sets SS up for life with no worries. What I'm hoping is this helps force a slot system in coming years. All they have to do is take the average money from say the top 100 signings from the class, and then scale that down picks 1-100. The player's association will be happy that the player's are getting the same money, it's just spread out. The owners will be happy as the super prospects will not drop to Detroit with the 25th pick (coughPorcello) and they can pick guys on merit. And the current players will be happy as their will be no way more than the first or second pick is getting anything resembling a MLB veteran paycheck. It's just got to happen at this point. And I'm going to be interested in seeing if this could be the beginning of the end of the antitrust exemption if it gets totally crazy. It's going to be an interesting fall at the owners meetings for sure.
June 8, 200917 yr lolololol. like the Marlins are going to give anyone a $50 million dollar contract especially a prospect. Well, it's more lol because that's not how baseball works. Also, I would hate if we spent all that money on Strasburg. That kid has terrible mechanics. That's what everyone said about Tim Lincecum No, Lince has strange and "wild" mechanics. If you actually break it down, he's got great arm/body action, good timing, and a fantastic followthrough. I'd argue that his mechanics are actually very good. Strasburg's mechanics are really bad. Bad arm/body action that is almost all arm, ok timing, and a horrific followthrough. Yeah, there's another thread about Strasburg where I believe I link to some some site dedicated to looking at them. Lincecum's greatest flaw in his mechanics lies in a timing issue when he brings his arm back, but heretofore that's never been a problem. Strasburg on the other hand, has several red flags such as an "inverted w" which leads to a ton of stress on the shoulder and elbow.
June 8, 200917 yr Didn't I hear somewhere this morning (I wasn't really paying attention, it might have been Olney on Mike&Mike) that Boris came out and said it would take $20 million to sign him. :banghead I've heard that number BEFORE this morning, the good news (if you want to call it that) is that 20M appears to be the upper threshold, at this point. If I were the Nats I'd be completely dicks and be like "we have the #1 pick next year too. If you don't come down, we'll draft him again. We'll probably have the #1 pick in '11. If you don't come down, we'll draft him a third time. If he wants to play in the MLB anytime in the next several years, his price comes down." Screw what's doing what's best for the organization, it's about sending a message. My question would be, if he goes to Japan, could they then post him? That might be a way for Harper to hurry up his ability to be drafted lol. There is no way he's going to walk from the $15-20 Washington will guarantee him. Boras will lose all credibility, as that is still the largest amateur contract of all time, and that sum of money sets SS up for life with no worries. What I'm hoping is this helps force a slot system in coming years. All they have to do is take the average money from say the top 100 signings from the class, and then scale that down picks 1-100. The player's association will be happy that the player's are getting the same money, it's just spread out. The owners will be happy as the super prospects will not drop to Detroit with the 25th pick (coughPorcello) and they can pick guys on merit. And the current players will be happy as their will be no way more than the first or second pick is getting anything resembling a MLB veteran paycheck. It's just got to happen at this point. And I'm going to be interested in seeing if this could be the beginning of the end of the antitrust exemption if it gets totally crazy. It's going to be an interesting fall at the owners meetings for sure. From what I've read, it doesn't sound like it'll happen until the Player Association has no hand in the draft, which will only happen if they take away draft compensation. Which I think would be for the best if it meant slotting. I mean, the amount of picks a small market gets doesn't really matter if they then have to sign players that aren't the best because they need to save money in able to sign all of the players. Then you look at a team like Detroit, NYY, or BOS, that get compensation picks and have the money to sign the best guys that then fall to their normal picks and their compensation picks. Really, compensation picks help large market, high payroll teams best, which isn't what it was designed for.
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