Athletics pitching prospects
by Asfan4ever723 on Nov 29, 2008 2:34 PM EST
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PrintOk, so we all know the Athletics have some young talented arms.
Trevor Cahill
Brett Anderson
Vin Mazzaro
James Simmons
Henry Rodriguez
Fautino De los Santos
Michael Inoa
plus several relievers like Carignan, Demel, Bailey, Lansford, etc
Probably a few more I am forgetting as well. My question is, who do you think will fail, and succeed?
I think Cahill and Anderson will be all star perennial SP in the majors.
Henry Rodriguez will end up being a closer.
Simmons will be a solid back of the rotation starter.
De los Santos will be one of those pitchers who has all the potential in the world, but will never totally fulfill it.
Just my opinions. What are yours?
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I dunno
I’m kind of looking forward to his “Dumb Questions” and “Favorite Failed A’s” threads
lets see...
1. ariel prieto, passed on helton
2. dan meyer…never hide injuries kids
3. basically any early picks in the last 10 yrs outside of mulder/zito
enochs/dubose
sullivan/snyder
powell/robnett/putnam
taking rheinecker 1 pick ahead of david wright
by Asfan4ever723 on Nov 29, 2008 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
because...?
because you dont know anything about him? If that’s the only reason – and for most people it is – that’s a silly reason.
I remember reading the same comments about Alexei Ramirez last year.
odds are against all prospects
But if you want to make educated guesses on who will succeed and who wont, it would make sense to say Ill take my chances with Inoa over most other 16 year old pitching prospects.
like people said on AN
it doesn’t work if you have no reasons other than a “gut feeling” or “opinion” to justify your claim.
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