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LotteryPick said:
He looks like he's on pace to have the type of season Greene had last year. Grissom has a MUCH better BB/K rate and he's really starting to drive ball. I think it's crazy he isn't a top 100 prospect.

He's a tweener defensively. Don't think he has the range for SS and a bit of an inconsistent arm at third, but he's pretty athletic.
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Just a thought, but he might be our future left fielder/DH and backup infielder. Ozuna gone after 2023 and Duval will want to get paid somewhere.
 
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Scott Sciesty said:
He has got to get back in the saddle this year man if not it’s gonna be bad news
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He’s going to be fine next spring either way but it would be excellent for his confidence to get a start or two under his belt going into the off-season. I still think he has time to provide 5-7 starts down the stretch.
 
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05_never_again said:
If he can't stay healthy, what's the alternative? I'd rather have him as a bullpen arm (potentially a good one) than a dude who tries to start and can't stay on the field.
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He threw 175 innings and finished 6th in the Cy at age 21. He had a freak injury. There’s no “can’t stay on the field” or durability concerns at all to be honest.
 
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He would be a mid bullpen incredibly susceptible to BABIP and not a leverage guy anyway. He doesn’t strike people out.

So even if he weren’t a potential perennial 200 IP Cy contender, I still wouldn’t make him a bullpen piece.
 
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TBrown said:
He threw 175 innings and finished 6th in the Cy at age 21. He had a freak injury. There’s no “can’t stay on the field” or durability concerns at all to be honest.
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Sure there are. During rehab for the first tear he had a setback on the Achilles that had to be surgically repaired, then tore the whole thing again.

Who is to say he couldn't pull a Matt Wisler and become a higher K guy out of the bullpen? He wouldn't be the first guy to do so. Wisler struck about 6 guys per 9 as a starter. Since he went to the pen he's upped that to 11-12.
 
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05_never_again said:
Sure there are. During rehab for the first tear he had a setback on the Achilles that had to be surgically repaired, then tore the whole thing again.

Who is to say he couldn't pull a Matt Wisler and become a higher K guy out of the bullpen? He wouldn't be the first guy to do so. Wisler struck about 6 guys per 9 as a starter. Since he went to the pen he's upped that to 11-12.
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Matt Wisler went to the pen because he absolutely could not be a starting pitcher. Mike Soroka has offered zero evidence of such. It is a horrific take.
 
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AV_12 said:
He could come back throwing 88 and be a much better starter than Wisler ever dreamed of. Not sure the point
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...if he can get back on the field/stay on it once he's back. It would not surprise me if he can't rack up starter-level innings anymore. Achilles injuries are scary things.
 
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