Stewart is Great Talent, but Eades Could Be Faster Impact

[SoCalTwinsfan]

I looked at the players the Twins drafted and how quickly each could be up with the Twins

 

... Eades had a torn labrum in his junior year of high school, which kept him from pitching for the rest of his junior season and all his senior season. Prior to that injury, Eades was considered a possible first-round draft pick as a pitcher after his sophomore season in high school ...

 

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Is Eades too risky of a pick with his shoulder surgery, or did the Twins luck out with him falling too them?

[diehardtwinsfan]

You'll know in a couple of years. Not my favorite pick, but given that they went with a HS pitcher in round 1, it makes sense to grab a faster moving guy in round 2.

[InfraRen]

After poking around I'm really liking the Eades pick. Sounds like he could still add a little velocity too. Just set my DVR for his start against OK tomorrow.

[Jeremy Nygaard]

I thought it made perfect sense to go the safe route in Round 2. Safe, of course, meaning specifically someone that hasn't torn a labrum. I personally don't have any issue with what Eades brings to the mound, but for some teams a torn labrum in their medical history isn't a red flag, it's a black flag.

[darin617]

So the college pitcher could beat the high school pitcher to the big leagues in an organization that has too much patience and not enough balls to take a look at the St Louis Cardinals how they handle young pitchers and how they seem to succeed in the majors..

[kab21]

So the college pitcher could beat the high school pitcher to the big leagues in an organization that has too much patience and not enough balls to take a look at the St Louis Cardinals how they handle young pitchers and how they seem to succeed in the majors..

 

You are clearly not talking about the Twins and college starters. There are several examples in the last decade where a college starter moved quickly and was up with the Twins.

[Twins Twerp]

You are clearly not talking about the Twins and college starters. There are several examples in the last decade where a college starter moved quickly and was up with the Twins.

 

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Kyle Gibson was in AAA his first year in bigs. Slowey and baker and blackburn and perkins. All examples of guys who were moved quickly... yet another chance to bash twins tho so...

[PseudoSABR]

I can offer my whole-hearted shrugs.

[diehardtwinsfan]

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Kyle Gibson was in AAA his first year in bigs. Slowey and baker and blackburn and perkins. All examples of guys who were moved quickly... yet another chance to bash twins tho so...

 

Garza too. Went from FTM to Rochester.

[old nurse]

The constructive contributors showed up. on this thread LIKE

[Aaron Cross]

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Kyle Gibson was in AAA his first year in bigs. Slowey and baker and blackburn and perkins. All examples of guys who were moved quickly... yet another chance to bash twins tho so...

Because the Twins have done nothing to deserve bashing, right?

[Mike Sixel]

Really good college pitchers have moved fast. Bad college pitchers have completely stalled, and, imo, not been moved to relief fast enough. Which, frankly, is what you'd expect. Good players move up, and bad players do not.

[TwinsFanInPhilly]

Because the Twins have done nothing to deserve bashing, right?

 

Bashing is fine, but indiscriminant bashing without reasonable foundation is weak.

[nicksaviking]

Bashing is fine, but indiscriminant bashing without reasonable foundation is weak.

 

And it undermines the legitimate grievances.