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    Re: #Reds say Hunter Greene will have Tommy John surgery

    Quote Originally Posted by BuckeyeRedleg View Post
    I was okay with him being drafted but I guess maybe the lesson the Reds learn, going forward, is to avoid flame-throwing HS pitchers early in the 1st round.

    Let some other organization take the risk and spend 6 years developing them and then someday that player can be acquired with one of our overabundance of safer-bet (non-pitching) prospects.
    Only problem with that plan is that if the kid pans out as better than average, your over abundance safer bet prospects won’t cut a deal.
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    Re: #Reds say Hunter Greene will have Tommy John surgery

    I never understood why he has ever been considered a prospect after he hurt himself.

    He's nothing until he proves himself healthy again.
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    Re: #Reds say Hunter Greene will have Tommy John surgery

    Quote Originally Posted by Kingspoint View Post
    I never understood why he has ever been considered a prospect after he hurt himself.

    He's nothing until he proves himself healthy again.
    His stock is down but he is a prospect and he's not "nothing."

    I mean over the past year and a half 2 of the most intriguing young pitchers in MLB are Chris Paddack and Walker Buehler. Both had TJ in the minors (or around draft time with Walker).

    I'm not saying Greene will turn out like them by name-dropping that pair, but I'm just saying TJ does not remove "prospect" status and reduce a player to "nothing".


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