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Admittedly far removed from the days of sitting with scouts and picking their brains of different kids across the country (pandemic would've impacted that anyway), but I just did not see Alec Willis as a million dollar arm.

Maybe the data on his pitches are elite?

This is a high school righty, already with an ulnar nerve compression surgery, and sitting 91-93 at the end of the spring. He touched 95 at times, but really sat 91-93 for the majority of his starts. He's 6-6, 225 already, but there is some projection that he can fill his frame out to be a 200-inning horse.

My problems are he doesn't have a true plus pitch at this time, he shows some feel for a curveball, but more often than not it's a loopy pitch that he would just throw for a strike to get ahead more than getting swings-and-misses. The changeup is another meh pitch. When you add to it he misses high to the glove side quite a bit with his fastball, there isn't anything that's plus today other than frame.

For a million dollars...whew. There are a ton of players I'd rather have for that dollar figure. The last time I was this surprised at a bonus given out by the Cardinals it was Mateo Gil. I didn't see him anywhere near a $900K player and he has sort of lived up to that.

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7th rounder Alec Willis signed for $1M

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Xavier Casserilla tweets out he will go to Wichita State and not sign pro.

I’m hearing Cabell is torn but leaning towards not signing.

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phins wrote:
July 25 21, 12:49 pm
Xavier Casserilla tweets out he will go to Wichita State and not sign pro.

I’m hearing Cabell is torn but leaning towards not signing.
Cabell signed

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InvincibleCakeEater wrote:
July 29 21, 1:38 pm
phins wrote:
July 25 21, 12:49 pm
Xavier Casserilla tweets out he will go to Wichita State and not sign pro.

I’m hearing Cabell is torn but leaning towards not signing.
Cabell signed
Good to hear.

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Who would have thought Eric wedge could out talk the cardinals

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Wow

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The Mets are big dumb dodos

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[expletive] the draft.

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