Luke Weaver
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Luke Weaver
Watched Weaver pitch in an AFL game today. Easy 93-94 and touched 96, nice change, and a good breaking pitch. He looks great, right now he has three pitches he could get MLB hitters out with. He's further behind Reyes, but if all goes according to plan we could see Weaver in St. Louis in 2017.
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Re: Luke Weaver
If all goes well...#2 ceiling?
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Re: Luke Weaver
With the velocity he has been flashing this year and in the AFL, 2 for sure imo. *IF* though. His stock has skyrocketed this year. If I were to grade out his pitches yesterday it would be Fastball: 65, Change 60, and Curve/Slider 50-ish. Overall 65. That's just yesterday of course.
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Re: Luke Weaver
http://m.mlb.com/stl/video/topic/761785 ... /?c_id=stl
Not sure if this is the game you saw, jim, but here's a video with some of an AFL outing for him.
Also, Diaz had a good game here, though he was playing 2nd not SS.
http://m.mlb.com/stl/video/topic/262716 ... query=diaz
Not sure if this is the game you saw, jim, but here's a video with some of an AFL outing for him.
Also, Diaz had a good game here, though he was playing 2nd not SS.
http://m.mlb.com/stl/video/topic/262716 ... query=diaz
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Re: Luke Weaver
Yeah that was the game. Diaz scorched that double. He also made a really bad base running mistake. I think he's ready!
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Re: Luke Weaver
if you had to give a comparison on Diaz, who in the majors would you say he compares to?
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Re: Luke Weaver
I think Luis Alicea. He is taller than Alicea but the same profile of player. In the majors now ... you have me stumped right now. I'll think about that.go birds wrote:if you had to give a comparison on Diaz, who in the majors would you say he compares to?
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Re: Luke Weaver
Wever is one of those classic cases of taking a guy who flashed elite stuff the year before, then had a down year, slipped due to size and concerns over whether he'd be able to get that stuff back again. I liked him a lot more than the national media did, so this is one I got right.
If I start pointing that out though, start pointing out how I missed on Austin Gomber.
If I start pointing that out though, start pointing out how I missed on Austin Gomber.
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Re: Luke Weaver
I'm still not sold on Weaver. I think he projects as a #4 starter at very best, and that is assuming he can throw some pitches low in the zone. If he can't do that, he only has hard fastballs up in the zone. That won't last very long in MLB.