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Building velocity is nearly impossible with any significance barring injury or growth from a HS kid.

Takes a really strong and longer finger to get that kind of grip on the skin of the ball instead of the seam. Most people can't get good enough spin on the ball with that grip.

That's what I thought. Thanks for the info.

What is the rule after the 10th? They can pay whatever they want just don't go over the 5% overage before losing a pick?

Seems like the last few rounds most if the picks by all teams are unranked players. Interesting

Sound like a Stan Lee villain.

Two of the injuries were fractures of the hamate on each hand. On the plus side he doesn't have anymore hamate bones to fracture so maybe he's done with them. ?

One is college, the other HS. Best in college class, best in HS class.

Interesting. I hope more about this comes out. Being a medical nerd. ?

Yes. He has to go through the whole process include imaging to look at the health of the graft.

That's because it's not the innings, it's the max effort for most. Now a guy like Crochet would be different with his history.

True. Hopefully, they've cleaned up the approach and mechanics as it's been what? 4 years since he had it.

Don't need to worry about it with this kid. Been a starter his whole career.

Do they still take Griffin?

Most of it will depend on the strategy of the teams before them.

That makes sense. Not so much the player but the slot money.

I would disagree. Take a prospect instead when you know the draft is weak. But maybe that's all they could get so it's acceptable.

When you make the trade you get whatever value you can. It just seems like a poor focus to do right before the draft.

From what everyone is saying about the draft, this is not the draft to get extra picks.

So all teams other than Yankees and Dodgers are small market habitual losers. Looking at the records of all the teams besides those, it's pretty accurate.

Depending on who they bring up, I wouldn't be surprised. The ones they can't trade they will cut.

Why would the major league OF care about the minors? Other than taking his job most bmdont pay attention.

I would say they overused him in an entire season sense. He has held up to the workload well so its not a short term issue. However he is already double his previous season high. He is already at more innings than conventional philosophy would say he should go or at least close to the high end of it. They are just pushing it with adding more innings. It's not just this season but what he looks like next year. Most pitchers that pitch in the post season say they aren't the same the next year just from the extra time and innings with that.

I wouldn't. They are playing with fire already. Too much talent to take that chance.

True. That's why it's a dilemma. How to decrease the innings since he has so many but keep him ready for the post season. Is he more worth the a playoff team as a 1 inning closer or a one inning opener. If he stays with the Sox just do the 1 inning opener as results don't matter.