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maxlongstreet wrote:
Metro2007 wrote:
I'm concerned about Leathersich now. That's much, much lower velocity then we have been told he normally has.
He's got to be doing something well to K six of ten. Could also be a slow gun.
Toby is there. Said he wasn't throwing hard. He also said he's compared the gun so far this year and at MOST it's 1 mph slow. Doing something well is one thing but if he's 88-89 and was 94-95 last year it's a major concern. You don't drop off 5-6 mph by design. Not when you dominated last year.
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Most every scouting report I read said low 90s, and if he's going out to throw three innings, it's not going play up. Sure, it's a little slow and you'd like to see it a bit faster, but it's early, it's cold, and he's striking everyone out, so I wouldn't worry much at this point.
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The scouting report on Leathersich was that he was 88-92 as a SP. So for the first game of the spring, 88-91 is about right. In Brooklyn he was working 1-2 inning stints, while still getting several days off between appearances. I don't think there's any doubt he can dial it up to 93-95 for an inning as a pen arm.
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Superpitcher wrote:
Ceciliani's picture makes him seem wider than I remember him.
He's listed at 6'1 220 so he's not a small kid. He was listed at 185 when we took him. I'm not sure I believe he's gained 35 pounds since 2009 without the Mets being upset about it. Then again he WAS 19 when we picked him.
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At the minor league level, Byrnes actually had really good BB and K rates, though he was also older compared to DC at the same levels.
Byrnes 22 - A-/A+ - 34 BB to 31 K 23 - A+/AA - 75 BB to 69 K 24 - AA/AAA - 74 BB to 68 K
In the majors his career BB% of 7.2% isn't dreadful, which is about what DC had in his first two minor league seasons (7.4% and 7.9%)...though it's probably not fair to compare what a player did in the majors to what a teenager did in the low-minors.
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