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Potvin29 said:Isn't Drabek highly touted?
In the same way that, say, Nikita Filatov is.
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Potvin29 said:Isn't Drabek highly touted?
Saint Nik said:Potvin29 said:Isn't Drabek highly touted?
In the same way that, say, Nikita Filatov is.
Potvin29 said:Which is...
Saint Nik said:Potvin29 said:Which is...
That he was, past tense, a highly prized prospect whose stock has plummeted considerably and now is faced with legitimate questions as to his ability to succeed. Whether or not Drabek will ever learn to locate his curveball for strikes is a huge problem and it doesn't look like it's just a MLB problem as his AAA ERA was actually worse than his big league stats.
Potvin29 said:I think his AAA results were a direct result of the struggles he had last season in the bigs.
Potvin29 said:Next year will be a big year to see if it was an aberration or not, as his stats the rest of the way in his career appear quite good.
Potvin29 said:Is AA the one that is considered a pitchers league?
Potvin29 said:I mostly liked his AA stats though, which is why I asked above - he had far more innings in AA than anywhere else, and had pretty good numbers. But if it is a pitchers league I'll take them with a bigger grain of salt.
Chev-boyar-sky said:If he signs for 60M over 5 years, and there's a 51M posting fee it'll be hard for him to pitch at a level that's worth the average of that amount (22.2M per).
Saint Nik said:Chev-boyar-sky said:If he signs for 60M over 5 years, and there's a 51M posting fee it'll be hard for him to pitch at a level that's worth the average of that amount (22.2M per).
I think that's holding Darvish to a standard that's pretty unfair. When a player like Mat Latos gets dealt to the Reds he just has to prove himself worthy of his salary, it's not like he has to do that and compensate for what the Reds gave to the Padres(picks instead of cash). If they pay him #2 or #3 starter money that's all he really needs to do to be successful.
Peter D. said:Crazy as it may be, this whole Darvish thing seems to have knocked the wind out of the sails of the fan base. It's as if we don't trust/believe the team will ever do anything to get over the hump.
Chev-boyar-sky said:I guess I'm saying 110M (and that's on the low end) for 5 years of a #2 or #3 starter would end up being a bad deal for a team on a budget.
Chev-boyar-sky said:How good/bad would Gio be in a park like the Dome?
Chev-boyar-sky said:How good/bad would Gio be in a park like the Dome?