Reply to "Drafting High School Pitchers Is a Major Problem for MLB, Health of Young Prospects"

Dominik8510,000+ posts

Smitty28 posted:
"And major league teams keep wasting first round picks on 18-year-old kids who throw harder than major league pitchers, which is kind of like hitching a ride with a kid with a learner’s permit behind the wheel of a Formula One racecar and hoping nothing goes wrong."
Drafting a kid who throws 94 in HS and gets TJ surgery isn't close to "wasting" a draft pick these days. An awful lot of these guys come back to become top pitchers. TJ has become a bump in the road for kids that throw this hard.

Yes. TJ pitchers don't become hall of famers but they still can have a productive career. Still an awful lot flame out of course.

11/22/1811:57 PM

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