One player who will like a hockey playing pitcher? Joey Votto.
One player who will like a hockey playing pitcher? Joey Votto.
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The Reds deserve a lot of credit for picking nothing but big-leaguers in the first round between 2003 and 2010. Only supplemental first-rounders Kyle Lotzkar and Brad Boxberger have yet to make it, and I think the former still has a decent shot and the latter should be a lock barring injury.
There can't be too many other clubs that can say that. I haven't done the research, but I wouldn't be surprised if no other clubs can.
I loved the interview. Liked Clemens, Happy Gilmore and checking players into the boards playing hockey on the weekends. Guy has a rough side to him, something that I want on the mound. Give me a guy who is slightly nuts on the mounds. Some of the greats were slightly nuts on the mound. You can't teach 99 is a great comment. He may take a long development but his ceiling is high.
Now draft a bunch of players who an find 1b!
I agree that getting on his case for liking Clemens and Happy Gilmore is lame.
"Hey this guy likes things I don't like!"
And for the record, while my sense of humor is normally in the Seinfeld/Monty Python/Arrested Development end of the spectrum, I am 30 years old and still love the stupidly hilarious comedy that is Happy Gilmore.
(Referring to Jack Hannahan signing with a Korean team)
Since there are no teams on the moon, I guess South Korea's far enough from Cincinnati to satisfy me.
-RichRed
One thing we know is that in any sport, especially baseball, to try to evaluate a draft pick the day of the draft is pretty much a waste of time. One source had him at 20, someone else higher or lower. Reds at 14. It is not like the projected order is ever proven to have been remotely close to correct when all is said and done.
Personally, I think this bodes well for the Reds. The Cards have Ryan Franklin making their pick. *grin*
I like tough guys, so I liked the comment about him basically being a "hockey goon" at that level. Checking people into the boards and laughing about it. I'm quickly warming up to the pick. Just weird that none of the "experts" had him going in the first round. Even though it shouldn't, that concerns me.
Perhaps a better analogy is Giolito is the Daniel Norris to Travieso's Robert Stephenson.
Will be interesting and exciting to monitor their progress, assuming both sign (as they did last year). I am happy the Reds went for ceiling instead of floor (ie Marrero or Wacha).
Go BLUE!!!
Just an unrelated comment....I'm LOVING the commercials on MLB during this draft. Just cracking me up.
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