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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 11, 2022 10:27:29 GMT -5
Second year out of Vandy, and he's starting to figure it out. Northcut? 2018 draftee out of high school.
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Post by radiohix on Jun 11, 2022 13:53:32 GMT -5
Second year out of Vandy, and he's starting to figure it out. Northcut? 2018 draftee out of high school. He was committed to Vandy though. Steve's point is that if Northcut went to Vanderbilt instead and get drafted by the Sox after his junior year, would be in his second year in the farm and "starting to figure it out" after a rough 1st year.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jun 11, 2022 14:08:18 GMT -5
If that we're the case, I'd probably say something like "the home runs are really nice but the 37.6% K rate is unsustainable and makes me question how real this is." I might also have said something like "the 3 HR game was preceded by a stretch of 16 games in which he went .133/.188/.200 so it seems like he's good a bit of an all-or-nothing approach."
Forgive my having a bit of fun there but I don't think age is what anyone is concerned about here.
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Post by cdj on Jun 11, 2022 15:03:51 GMT -5
Sikes is a legitimate 2-way guy. He didn’t pitch at TCU but he threw in the Northwoods league and K’d 15+ guys per 9 as a closer. Not too surprised to see him successfully pitching in low A
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Jun 11, 2022 15:25:06 GMT -5
Sikes is a legitimate 2-way guy. He didn’t pitch at TCU but he threw in the Northwoods league and K’d 15+ guys per 9 as a closer. Not too surprised to see him successfully pitching in low A Sort of like a Trey Ball but good?
Or a Bobby Dalbec who doesn't stubbornly refuse to help the team on the mound if they ask him?
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Post by cdj on Jun 11, 2022 18:12:18 GMT -5
Sikes is a legitimate 2-way guy. He didn’t pitch at TCU but he threw in the Northwoods league and K’d 15+ guys per 9 as a closer. Not too surprised to see him successfully pitching in low A Sort of like a Trey Ball but good?
Or a Bobby Dalbec who doesn't stubbornly refuse to help the team on the mound if they ask him?
Who knows if he’s good enough to make the show but at the very least he’s an interesting org guy
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Post by iakovos11 on Jun 11, 2022 22:25:27 GMT -5
Northcut? 2018 draftee out of high school. He was committed to Vandy though. Steve's point is that if Northcut went to Vanderbilt instead and get drafted by the Sox after his junior year, would be in his second year in the farm and "starting to figure it out" after a rough 1st year. Aren't you the guy that deals in K% ? How do feel about Northcut?
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Post by radiohix on Jun 12, 2022 1:10:54 GMT -5
He was committed to Vandy though. Steve's point is that if Northcut went to Vanderbilt instead and get drafted by the Sox after his junior year, would be in his second year in the farm and "starting to figure it out" after a rough 1st year. Aren't you the guy that deals in K% ? How do feel about Northcut? I was just explaining Steve’s comment heh. As for I feel about Northcut in general, I’m not a big fan because of the 2 true outcomes only skill set.
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