BA has always had a problem with Travis Wood, like he was the devil
BA has always had a problem with Travis Wood, like he was the devil
A little history on this subject. When Travis was 16 he Played in the Area Code games and went to the World Wood Bat Tourny and played for the Mid West Prospect team. (The coaches were scouts from the Chicago White Sox). Then the next year he played with the same team for the Area Code games. That's when BASEBALL AMERICA's team called and asked him to play with them for the World Wood Bat Tourny. but he decided to play with the team he had played with for 2 YEARS. Needless to say they were NOT HAPPY... I hate that for Travis but... Maybe that's why there is NO LOVE for him... Who knows...
"Life is like a baseballgame. When you think a fastball is coming, you gotta be ready to hit the Change UP"
Interesting. Maybe it helps explain why BA's pre-draft evaluation of TW in 05 was so off-base? They called him a fastball-only, high-effort pitcher with no polished secondary pitches (I think there zero mention of his changeup).A little history on this subject. When Travis was 16 he Played in the Area Code games and went to the World Wood Bat Tourny and played for the Mid West Prospect team. (The coaches were scouts from the Chicago White Sox). Then the next year he played with the same team for the Area Code games. That's when BASEBALL AMERICA's team called and asked him to play with them for the World Wood Bat Tourny. but he decided to play with the team he had played with for 2 YEARS. Needless to say they were NOT HAPPY... I hate that for Travis but... Maybe that's why there is NO LOVE for him... Who knows...
Rooting hard for Travis to make BA's rankings look stupid.
Velocity was down from last year. I think that had to do with some of the changes that were made in his delivery. I believe that the velocity will come back up next year if he does the work in the off season and I believe he will.
Also location and development of his curve ball were the priorities of the organization.
Last edited by FIRELEFT; 09-29-2006 at 12:43 PM.
I was just gonna post that. His delivery changed quite a bit from his draft video to when he pitched in Dayton this year. He's just letting it fly in his draft video, which produced a 91-94MPH fastball. When I saw him this year, his delivery was much more deliberate and controlled, and apparently it hacked off quite a bit of velocity. I guess we'll see what happens next year.Velocity was down from last year. I think that had to do with some of the changes that were made in his delivery.
I'm betting Travis will gain velocity as he finishes growing, etc. For right now, though, I'm impressed with the way Travis held up this season against older competition in his first "full-season" year. He absorbed a couple of beatings later on in the year and bounced right back.
Shhhhhhh....we don't want the OTHER teams to hear. He only allowed 1 run in his last three games, the 1 run was off of 1 hit (and they lost that game btw).
Re: Jay Bruce....Clay Aiken? RU serious? Have you seen him in person ever? LMAO????
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