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Doc. Scott · 06-20-2006, 02:05 PM

There's a difference between a 24-year-old that throws 90 and a 36-year-old that throws 90.

The 24-year-old might throw 94 when he's 27.

That's why junk like what Goldstein is spitting out has to be taken with a shaker of salt. All he's really able to say at this point is that Shafer wouldn't be the closer based on his stuff not being prototypically "closer"-like. That is, until he gains velocity, which happens all the time with professional coaching, or earns it by doing a heckuva job with what he's got.

I hate it when these prospect-hounds say it like that.

06-20-2006, 02:05 PM	#12
Doc. Scott Lover of Trivialities Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Portland, OR (West Chester, OH) Posts: 6,066	Re: PROSPECT: David Shafer - RHP [AA] 2001 draft (RD 32) DOB: 3-7-82 There's a difference between a 24-year-old that throws 90 and a 36-year-old that throws 90. The 24-year-old might throw 94 when he's 27. That's why junk like what Goldstein is spitting out has to be taken with a shaker of salt. All he's really able to say at this point is that Shafer wouldn't be the closer based on his stuff not being prototypically "closer"-like. That is, until he gains velocity, which happens all the time with professional coaching, or earns it by doing a heckuva job with what he's got. I hate it when these prospect-hounds say it like that.