MAGA wrote:95 mph is 95 mph whether it’s 1999 or 2019. Ankiel had better stuff and results than Reyes. Also was better at a younger age
Sorry you’re wrong.
Reyes throws harder than 95 and he had better movement with it. Reyes has two plus plus pitches.
Ankiel had two plus plus pitches too. And showed them over 30 starts as a 20 year old. Reyes pitched 46 innings.
We're picking nits here. We won't agree so we can move on from it. My larger point is Reyes needs to be given every chance to be a starter rather than a bullpen arm for the long term.
I don’t recall anyone saying he’d be a bullpen arm for the long term?
He hasn’t pitched for 2 years...he can’t pitch that many innings or he’ll hurt himself again.
He’ll be a starter eventually...but he has to build innings up after not pitching for 2 years
Cardinals_Spaceship wrote:
Two seasons in a row with season ending injuries. A few good years of his development stunted. Not sure it's a fluke, and I think it's best to consider him in the bullpen (for now and maybe in the future) to try and watch his innings.
Also, a Reyes/Hicks combo in the back end of the bullpen could be very good. Add in a lefty like Britton or Miller, and that could be an impressive bullpen.
MAGA wrote:95 mph is 95 mph whether it’s 1999 or 2019. Ankiel had better stuff and results than Reyes. Also was better at a younger age. How does being born 15 years later automatically make Reyes more talented? Humans have evolved that quickly?
Sorry you’re wrong.
Velocity matters.
Reyes backs it down to 95, Ankiel topped at 95.
And yes, humans have evolved that quickly in the baseball world. That's why Ankiel was admittedly juicing to try to keep up.
In today's world Ankiel would never have even made MLB. His tendency to not know where the ball was going (which was prevalent in MiLB) would have only been exacerbated by today's coverage. He'd have straight flamed out as a prospect.
MAGA wrote:95 mph is 95 mph whether it’s 1999 or 2019. Ankiel had better stuff and results than Reyes. Also was better at a younger age. How does being born 15 years later automatically make Reyes more talented? Humans have evolved that quickly?
Sorry you’re wrong.
Velocity matters.
Reyes backs it down to 95, Ankiel topped at 95.
And yes, humans have evolved that quickly in the baseball world. That's why Ankiel was admittedly juicing to try to keep up.
In today's world Ankiel would never have even made MLB. His tendency to not know where the ball was going (which was prevalent in MiLB) would have only been exacerbated by today's coverage. He'd have straight flamed out as a prospect.
Pretty much. I know how nostalgia works but the reality is, Reyes is just a better prospect from a pure talent perspective. No slight to Ankiel at all. Reyes is just a different animal.
Goold in his chat today ranked the most likely LHP acquisitions by the Cardinals:
1. Britton
2. Will Smith
3. a whole slew of them including Miller, Watson, Dodgers lefties, mystery team.
Also said that if the team doesn't get that upper tier LHP reliever they'll get the specialist and then look to add a RHP you'd expect to see in the 8th or 9th.
I would rather us trade an asset we have no room for than sign another big reliever contract. I am not opposed to signing a reliever either, just prefer to prioritize the former.