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Josh Butler insight?

Anyone seen Josh Butler?  Any thoughts on how good of a prospect he is?

In return for Gross, a left-handed-hitting outfielder who spent two-plus seasons with the Brewers, the team received 6-foot-5 right-hander Josh Butler and will send him to Class A Brevard County. Butler, 23, was Tampa's second-round pick in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft.

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I wasn't impressed

Third pick of the 2nd round was considered to be somewhat of an overdraft at the time, and he hasn’t done much to make me think differently. Sinkerballer with a decent change up, tends to pitch to contact, secondary stuff needs work, sits in the low 90’s, gets lots of ground balls. He had a fantastic half-season at San Diego, then fell off hard. Same thing happened last year, where he started strong and then deteriorated. Almost certainly a future reliever due to lack of durability, and I’m almost inclined to say that he’d be better off if they convert him to relief sooner rather than later.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Apr 23, 2008 12:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Really?

Well I’m fairly sure you are a Rays fan based on your posts in the past so probably know more then I about him. I haven’t seen him play (have you?) but from what I read, he has good stuff. He certianly is inconsistent but that doesn’t mean he wont or can’t put it together. I agree with the reliever talk to a point but I thought it was a pretty good move by the Brew Crew.

by jfish26101 on Apr 23, 2008 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I see almost

no senario where he’s not a reliever. He’s faded the second half of the season for the past 3 years. His stuff just doesn’t hold up. He does have “good stuff” but it is inconsistent and like I said, hasn’t held up over the course of an entire season.. Ok prospect, nothing special though. I don’t remember exactly where I had him in my Top-30, but it was somewhere in the back half of the teens to early 20’s.

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by Tyler on Apr 24, 2008 8:13 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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