I wonder if Walt and the Cisco family ever crossed paths?
I wonder if Walt and the Cisco family ever crossed paths?
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From Wikipedia: Following his playing retirement, Cisco became a respected pitching coach for the Royals, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies. He spent six seasons with the Blue Jays (1990-1995), helping his team to won three consecutive American League East Division titles (1991-93) and two World Series (1992-93). Under his tweaking and guidance, Paul Byrd, Robert Person and Randy Wolf developed as starters with the Phillies (1997-2000).
His grandpa is from St. Mary's OH and was "a curveball specialist" according to whoever wrote his Wiki entry.
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8th Rd. Reds select David Vidal, 3B, Miami Dade CC
He is listed as a catcher on the team website. Hit .401 with 14 HR and 9 2B in 152 ABs.
http://www.njcaa.org/colleges_colleg...hleteid=254355
This will not change until the Reds win the World Series.......
April 28, 2006.
What's an average draft yield, 3 major league players and probably less than one everyday starter?
Cisco reminds me a lot of Mike Leake just from reading about him...
I've been at a meeting for the past hour. I was happy to return and see some high-upside HS arms piled up in rounds 5-7. It sounds like Cisco might be a tough sign.
Reds 9th round pick:
Tanner Robles, LHP, Oregon State
Interesting. The Beavers were just eliminated from college postseason play- they're not as good as they were when Dallas Buck was their ace (national championship, 2006 I think) but they are what passes for a dynasty in the Pacific Northwest.
Although the Oregon Ducks have come a long way since restarting their baseball program last year. I saw a tweet that they lost like four commits in the first couple rounds of the draft.
Just from watching Robles' video, looks like he has a bit of a short arm motion, throws a fastball about 87-88 and a slow curve around 72 mph. He threw another pitch about 84 (slider?) as well.
This will not change until the Reds win the World Series.......
April 28, 2006.
Also, the Cubs took Robles' Beavers teammate Kevin Rhoderick just a few picks later. That's the third OSU pitcher to go today.
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