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Guess the Prospect!

I am currently working on the Washington Nationals Top 20 list. The next team on the list is the Cleveland Indians. After that I am undecided. It needs to be a National League team, but I will let the winner of the following Guess the Prospect! contest pick which organization.

The first person to Guess the Prospect! in the thread below wins.

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I was drafted by an American League team in the 1990s, between the fifth and tenth rounds, from a four-year college with a long-standing baseball tradition. I started and relieved in college, but converted to the rotation full-time in the minor leagues. I had a good-but-not-excellent year in Low-A, then jumped to Double-A in my second full season and had a similar season. I reached Triple-A in my third full season, pitching OK, then converted to relief and reached the majors in my fourth full season. It took me a year in the majors to fully find my footing, but once I did I pitched extremely well in a relief role for two years before backsliding somewhat due to command issues and injuries. My minor league track record was good-but-not-excellent, and my peak major league performance has been much better than anything I did in the minors. I am still in the major leagues.

Who am I?

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j.j. putz

j.j. putz?

by another know it all on Nov 23, 2025 9:12 AM EST reply actions  

fits the description

to a “T”

by another know it all on Nov 23, 2025 9:19 AM EST up reply actions  

poor John

His diversion post held up for 12 minutes.

by mrkupe on Nov 23, 2025 9:36 AM EST up reply actions  

yes

yes, they did back in the 70s and 80s.

by John Sickels on Nov 23, 2025 4:18 PM EST up reply actions  

Ouch

I spent a while trying to find the real answer, as I was convinced Michigan has not been much in the way of baseball tradition for at least 20 years.

A team with zero 20-win seasons in the nineties and well-known for football is pretty tough. I think Another Know It All got lucky to not exclude Michigan from his list of baseball tradition schools.

But I will cede to John’s point that Michigan was quite good in the Eighties.

by jalopy37 on Nov 23, 2025 4:42 PM EST up reply actions  

he said long-standing

not recent. learn to read and you’ll one day be like me.

by another know it all on Nov 23, 2025 5:06 PM EST up reply actions  

Chris Sabo played there

need I say more?

by another know it all on Nov 23, 2025 4:21 PM EST up reply actions  

And

So did the future Hall of Famer who played directly to Sabo’s left.

by drwmsu1 on Nov 23, 2025 5:24 PM EST up reply actions  

yes

but a Sabo reference is impossible to pass up. Larkin Schmarkin.

by another know it all on Nov 23, 2025 5:27 PM EST up reply actions  

Yup

I think so

by Yankees10 on Nov 23, 2025 11:05 AM EST up reply actions  

putz

Putz is correct.

I have to find a way to make these harder.

OK, know it all, what National League team should I do after the Indians?

by John Sickels on Nov 23, 2025 4:18 PM EST up reply actions  

Matt Guerrier

kinda fits, but he reached the majors in his 5th full season, and he pitched extremely well for 3 seasons before backsliding a bit.

by garry maddox on Nov 23, 2025 9:25 AM EST reply actions  

LaTroy Hawkins?

’91 7th round by Twins - damn - no college tho.

by VladiHondo on Nov 23, 2025 9:41 AM EST reply actions  

drafted in the 38th round

not bad value for a 38th round pick though, shoot…11.7 WAR out of a reliever

by PrincetonCubs on Nov 23, 2025 10:04 AM EST up reply actions  

Umm…. I don’t know why I want to say Mike Timlin?

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by Marisa on Nov 23, 2025 9:55 AM EST reply actions  

Derek Lowe?

Not sure where he went to college. I know he was a mid round pick by Seattle though.

by guru4u on Nov 23, 2025 11:51 AM EST reply actions  

That's because he didn't go to college.

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by Wonko on Nov 23, 2025 1:50 PM EST up reply actions  

Maybe not a perfect fit

But LaTroy Hawkins comes to mind. I think he’s still bouncing around in the majors somewhere

by EZEebs on Nov 23, 2025 12:26 PM EST reply actions  

Randy Choate?

I can’t find a perfect fit, he’s reasonably close.

by OccamsRazor on Nov 23, 2025 2:00 PM EST reply actions  

Oh

On the subject of wild guesses…Mike Hampton?

by OccamsRazor on Nov 23, 2025 2:08 PM EST up reply actions  

Nevermind

He was drafted out of high school

by OccamsRazor on Nov 23, 2025 2:09 PM EST up reply actions  


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