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BassPlayerDude's avatar

Dayton Moore with a very troubling admission today. But first let's review just a bit of history.... Luke Hochevar was a 1-1 draft pick who gave the team two very good years out of the bullpen and nothing else. Kyle Zimmer was a top-5 pick who gave them a couple of decent months out of the bullpen and nothing else.

And today DM admitted that top-5 pick Asa Lacy might end up being "a power lefty out of the bullpen."

Pitchers taken in the top five need to be long-term top-of-the-rotation starters, not bullpen pieces that last a couple of months or a couple of years. And you definitely CANNOT blow three such draft choices in a row. (I could have made it sound even worse by adding Mike Montgomery to the list, but as a #12 pick that error was perhaps not quite as egregious. Perhaps.)

Now the next question is: will Frank Mozzicato ever solve the mystery of the strike zone? Or is this history of failed top-5 picks among pitchers going to grow even longer?

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Kevin Agee's avatar

I can't stop watching the O'Hearn pinch-hit double GIF. He got 84 mph middle-middle, and hit a chopping grounder that fortunately got over the 1st-base bag. Kind of sums up the year on offense.

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