I've did a complete 180 on Travieso. When I first heard the pick I didn't like it, he seemed like a reach. After doing some research, I've really come around. Kid has a great build, nice mechanics, a fastball in the mid-90's with a great slider and the makings of a changeup. Chris Buckley compared him to Matt Cain, who he also scouted in high school.
I also loved the Jesse Winker and Tanner Rahier picks.
I'm not sure what to think of Jeff Gelalich. I'll have to do some more reading on him.
Last edited by OnBaseMachine; 06-05-2012 at 01:10 PM.
Drafting Gelalich was the Reds' way of apologizing to the lower minor league affiliates that they were going to draft so many high schoolers. That's not a knock on Gelalich--I'm very excited about him, personally--but he clearly has the lowest ceiling of the guys taken so far.
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Same here. If the reports are correct, I don't know what more people wanted to see out of the kid. Elite arm strength, promising secondary stuff, solid build, clean mechanics. It sounds like lack of exposure hurt his draft status, but if that's the only gripe, we came away with a steal here.
Don't like the pick. Amongst some other potential (perhaps) smaller issues he is likely a reliever.
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The reason that Travieso doesn’t get much first round talk among scouts despite his mid- to upper-90s fastball and completely clean health record is the same as hard throwing college relievers such as Oklahoma’s Damien Magnifico and St. Edwards’ Stephen Johnson. It’s hard to project his pitching mechanics, arm action and full complement of pitches to a starter’s role, although Travieso has a greater benefit of time on his side, particularly given his relatively fresh arm. Travieso has a well-paced delivery with a compact and short high arm circle in back and gets very good use of his strong lower half to generate power and torque prior to release. He also leans off pretty severely on release and spins to the first base side. The result is when Travieso releases the ball he’s coming inside and over it in a pronounced way. That makes it very difficult for him (or any pitcher) to get on top of and out front of a breaking ball and create consistent quality spin on the ball and also presents somewhat of a tip to advanced hitters because he has to change his hand angle and position for a breaking ball.
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Dude has tree trunks as thighs. His build reminds me a lot of Matt Cain. In just watching the video it almost seems as if he is throwing 100% all the time. I am encouraged that he can touch 99 at times but sits within the 92ish range. Its always nice to have a pitcher who is able to dial it up but doesn't pitch the entire time like that.
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The Reds scouts have been in on Travioso for a long time. They are convinced evidently. I don't mean any disrespect to you personally when I say this because it sounds rude and I do not mean it like that Mario but I'll take their word over yours every day (and over the scouts you quoted). I love the pick.
.....yeah, yeah, yeah.........and Eric Davis had a hitch in his swing.Don't like the pick. Amongst some other potential (perhaps) smaller issues he is likely a reliever.
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The reason that Travieso doesn’t get much first round talk among scouts despite his mid- to upper-90s fastball and completely clean health record is the same as hard throwing college relievers such as Oklahoma’s Damien Magnifico and St. Edwards’ Stephen Johnson. It’s hard to project his pitching mechanics, arm action and full complement of pitches to a starter’s role, although Travieso has a greater benefit of time on his side, particularly given his relatively fresh arm. Travieso has a well-paced delivery with a compact and short high arm circle in back and gets very good use of his strong lower half to generate power and torque prior to release. He also leans off pretty severely on release and spins to the first base side. The result is when Travieso releases the ball he’s coming inside and over it in a pronounced way. That makes it very difficult for him (or any pitcher) to get on top of and out front of a breaking ball and create consistent quality spin on the ball and also presents somewhat of a tip to advanced hitters because he has to change his hand angle and position for a breaking ball.
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