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Quote:Does anyone else think his swing will have to be changed quite a bit at the ML level? That leg kick is very high, and he has quite a bit of extra movement.
Yea, it looks very, very aggressive and he will probably strike out a ton with that swing. But he has crazy bat speed so what the hell do I know.
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His swing also looks very long, but the results are there so I'm not going to nitpick.
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Daytona has had 3 straight rainouts.
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I doubt they try to change much with the swing until it fails him. His approach is the main thing right now and it appears as if he is taking it to heart and cutting down on the Ks.
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Daytona has had 3 straight rainouts.
One of which was a double header. So 4 rainouts in 3 days. That has to be some kind of a record.
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Yea, they haven't played since Sunday. Crazy.
Meanwhile, in Tennessee...their magic number is 3 for division champs (second half).
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Kyle Hendricks - a possible rotation candidate next year? 13-3 1.96 ERA is pretty to look at. He doesn't strike to many out but he doesn't walk many either. Probably will be minor league pitcher of the year. Just had another good start for Iowa today.
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Earlier in the year, he was striking players out at a very good rate. I think the guy has a feel for pitching and understands how to get guys out with a strikeout or with a groundout. I think that will be enough to make him a back end starter. Whether he truly has the stuff to be a decent strikeout pitcher will be the limiting factor on success beyond a back end starter.
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Even at Iowa, he's still striking out about 7 per 9. That's pretty solid. Better than I thought, to be honest.
I don't think he'll be like some of the previous Cubs minor league pitcher of the year types and fizzle out. He's already done well at the AA and AAA level. I wonder if he gets a call up in September. He won't be in the AZL Fall league, so he'll have plenty of time to recover going into next season. I guess the only issue is that he'd have to get put on the 40-man.
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