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标题[BA] What To Expect: Lance McCullers Jr.
时间Sat May 16 13:46:24 2015
http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/expect-astros-rhp-lance-mccullers/
The training wheels are off for the Astros. Sensing a weakened and
ripe-for-the-taking AL West, Houston has assertively promoted prospects
Preston Tucker (to the majors) and Carlos Correa (to Triple-A) and on Friday
announced that righthander Lance McCullers—just promoted to Triple-A on
Thursday—will skip Fresno and go right to the bigs.
McCullers, the supplemental first-round pick in 2012—the same year Correa
went No. 1 overall—will be the youngest Astros player to debut (21 years,
228 days) since Jose Altuve (21 years, 75 days) in July 2011.
McCullers, the organization’s ninth-rated prospect entering the season, has
blow-you-away stuff—a fastball that touches 98 mph and a double-plus
breaking ball—but his control had been a millstone.
This season, McCullers dominated at Double-A Corpus Christi (3-1, 0.62, 43/11
K/BB ratio) and showed improved fastball command. He’ll start Monday against
Oakland.
“He’s got a lot of confidence coming out of Double-A,” Astros manager A.J.
Hinch told BA correspondent Jose de Jesus Ortiz. “It’s exciting to get an
arm of his level to test him against major league hitters.”
SCOUTING REPORT
McCullers signed for $2.5 million as part of the Astros’ 2012 draft class,
the first under the current regime led by general manager Jeff Luhnow. The
son of the former major league reliever with the Padres, among other teams,
McCullers has a power fastball that touches 98 mph with a double-plus
breaking ball that has been described within the organization as a curveball
and outside of it as a slider.
The biggest issue was well-below average control, in part due to a crossfire
delivery. He walked a career-worst 5.2 batters per nine innings in 2014 and
seemed headed for a bullpen future, but this season has sliced that rate to
3.41/9 while striking out 13.34/9.
Of the difference in McCullers from last year to this, one evaluator said
command and control of his entire arsenal has been the separator.
WHAT TO EXPECT
The Astros clearly had a need in the back of the rotation, but it’s unclear
how long the leash will be for McCullers, especially given his youth and
inexperience. He did not pitch at Triple-A—his stay lasted less than a day—
and he has only 256 2/3 professional innings to his name.
The Astros appear to be in win-now mode, so it would not be outlandish to
suggest McCullers is being showcased for other major league teams in an
effort to acquire a veteran pitcher such as Cole Hamels.
For a fantasy team, McCullers could rack up strikeouts, but again it would be
premature to expect him to log a lot of innings.
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有点疯狂地把他叫上来先发 虽然3A还是有些人选 不过都是爆炸的机会比较高
所以乾脆换一个刺激一点的...... 会有大起大落 XDD
这只上来会比任何一个3A投手都还要刺激精彩
plus plus fast ball, 2 plus breaking ball...... 理想剧本
但是正常状态下就是他的控球不太好 虽然今年的小样本好很多了
另外他今年在2A都是短先发 所以不用预期他可以吃深局数
投得好最多应该六局也会让他收工 他的投球数应该会被严格管控
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他奶奶的Appel又自爆了 丢了数不完的BB
Luhnow马上要展现他的2012选秀成功 顺便也开始暴露他2013选秀的大失败了
2013的版本很可能是pass Jeter的等级了 原因都是为了省钱而不是没看到好货 XD
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1F:推 ajburnett: 另一个Lance来啦! 05/16 15:03
2F:推 fiordiligi: 等 Obi or Peacock 身子好了,应该就会回 3A 了吧? 05/16 15:10
3F:→ FreeFly: 到时候再说 能不能撑到那时候 其他不可预期的很多阿嬷 05/16 16:04
4F:→ FreeFly: 会把谁清出40人还不知道 之前清给Turker的Torreye被卖出 05/16 16:06
5F:→ FreeFly: 去了 05/16 16:06
6F:→ FreeFly: 目前球评专栏一致的推论都是super 2一过 马上会call up 05/16 16:09
7F:→ FreeFly: Correa 05/16 16:09
8F:推 testu: 完全不看好Peacock 希望他走 05/17 03:00
9F:推 OoyaoO: Super2是6/11号吗 05/17 20:45
10F:→ FreeFly: 没有确切日期 但是差不多六月中 实际日期要季末才知道 05/18 21:25
11F:推 testu: 惜败 意外的结局 05/19 11:38
12F:推 testu: 5K 3BB 控球果然不是大好就是大坏 05/19 22:19
13F:→ anguskenneth: 今天很舒服 05/24 16:56