Kyle Drabek update

[Angrioter]

kyle drabek

Another bullpen today... The elbow is feeling great... Can't wait to get into games again

[eastcoastjaysfan]

"Can't wait to get into games again "

 

I can wait.

[Atothe]

kyle drabek

Another bullpen today... The elbow is feeling great... Can't wait to get into games again

The white no control having Yu darvish is getting close, oh my.

[CHRIS]

Really pulling for him to find some control, somehow. Losing as many pitching prospects as we did over the winter, it would be nice to have near-MLB guy with good stuff emerge. Feel like anything we get from him (a la McGowan) is a bonus at this point.

[Angrioter]

The white no control having Yu darvish is getting close, oh my.

 

+6 walks per 9IP back to back season isn't sexy at all but I trust in his stuff

 

Halladay

2000 - (5.85 K, 5.59 Walk), 6.47 FIP

2001 - (8.20 K, 2.14 walk), 2.34 FIP

 

Everything is possible, keeping the distance of course

[Atothe]

+6 walks per 9IP back to back season isn't sexy at all but I trust in his stuff

 

Halladay

2000 - (5.85 K, 5.59 Walk), 6.47 FIP

2001 - (8.20 K, 2.14 walk), 2.34 FIP

 

Everything is possible, keeping the distance of course

 

I honestly don't see how any hitter can make solid contact when Drabek isn't walking the stadium. His stuff has filthy movement and sharp breaks. His stuff makes me feel like a battered wife, no matter how bad he does his stuff will always make me come back

[Angrioter]

I honestly don't see how any hitter can make solid contact when Drabek isn't walking the stadium. His stuff has filthy movement and sharp breaks. His stuff makes me feel like a battered wife, no matter how bad he does his stuff will always make me come back

 

Gio Gonzalez

2010 - (4.13 walk, 3WAR)

2011 - (4.05 walk, 3.3WAR)

2012 - (3.43 walk, 5WAR)

[eastcoastjaysfan]

+6 walks per 9IP back to back season isn't sexy at all but I trust in his stuff

 

Halladay

2000 - (5.85 K, 5.59 Walk), 6.47 FIP

2001 - (8.20 K, 2.14 walk), 2.34 FIP

 

Everything is possible, keeping the distance of course

 

I remember how high everyone was on Drabek two years ago. His debut in Baltimore was so highly anticipated.

 

rage

[NorthOf49]

Gio Gonzalez

2010 - (4.13 walk, 3WAR)

2011 - (4.05 walk, 3.3WAR)

2012 - (3.43 walk, 5WAR)

 

Jeff Samardzjia:

2010 - 9.31 BB/9, -0.5 WAR

2011 - 5.11 BB/9, 0.6 WAR

2012 - 2.89 BB/9, 2.9 WAR

[theblujay]

Jeff Samardzjia:

2010 - 9.31 BB/9, -0.5 WAR

2011 - 5.11 BB/9, 0.6 WAR

2012 - 2.89 BB/9, 2.9 WAR

 

I remember Samardzja playing WR at Notre Dame...

 

Anyway I think Drabek can be a good pitcher for us. I think he'll figure it out.

[Atothe]

Jeff Samardzjia:

2010 - 9.31 BB/9, -0.5 WAR

2011 - 5.11 BB/9, 0.6 WAR

2012 - 2.89 BB/9, 2.9 WAR

 

Jeff Samardzjia is my new favourite picther guys. If he finishes the year with a 10k/9 that would be beautiful like a hot broad in a sundress

[KSaw]

Drabek has the best late movement in the organization. Is what it is. His pitches all dance late and sharply. Morrow is close but not as nasty. And McGowan has the best all around everything. Notice a pattern that isn't great? Anyway, 2 TJ surgeries = at least a year or 2 as a reliever. Over 90% of starters with 2 labrum surgeries become relievers, if they even have a career.

[JohnnyLonghorn]

Wasn't too long ago that this guy was considered one of the best young pitching prospects in baseball. It's a shame he hasn't been able to stay healthy and work through some of his issues.

[JohnnyLonghorn]

Yeah Samardzjia really came along towards the end of last season, and has carried it over into 2013. Just goes to show you how crazy/unpredictable this sport is.

[Atothe]

Drabek has the best late movement in the organization. Is what it is. His pitches all dance late and sharply. Morrow is close but not as nasty. And McGowan has the best all around everything. Notice a pattern that isn't great? Anyway, 2 TJ surgeries = at least a year or 2 as a reliever. Over 90% of starters with 2 labrum surgeries become relievers, if they even have a career.

 

No! His control doesn't automatically get better as a reliever. Control issues are control issues whether as a reliever or starter.

[KSaw]

Jeff has always had electric stuff. He was a little behind in development but he has caught up.

[Angrioter]

Drabek has the best late movement in the organization. Is what it is. His pitches all dance late and sharply. Morrow is close but not as nasty. And McGowan has the best all around everything. Notice a pattern that isn't great? Anyway, 2 TJ surgeries = at least a year or 2 as a reliever. Over 90% of starters with 2 labrum surgeries become relievers, if they even have a career.

 

Farrell "Sam Dyson best stuff ever"

[mitchf]

Drabek is hopeless unfortunately. Violent delivery, maybe the worst control in baseball and frankly he has the mentality of a 5 year old on the mound.

 

I hope he's healthy, but let's let another team give him his 3rd chance.

[NiagaraJaysFan]

Farrell "Sam Dyson best stuff ever"

 

LOL! Classic.

[CHRIS]

I hope he's healthy, but let's let another team give him his 3rd chance.

 

I'd still give him another chance. Not to say he'll make it, but hopefully the time off, coupled with the fact that he won't be handed a spot anymore will wake him up somehow.

[GD]

I was always really high on Drabek. Really like the kid, want him to succeed.

[Chappy]

Drabek could be a decent swing man for us.

[GD]

Drabek could be a decent swing man for us.

 

Yeah, I could see him working in a Los del V role.

[Chappy]

That's about all I would trust him with at this point. If he can show improved control then maybe he gets a shot at the rotation. With Hutch on the comeback trail as well, he is certainly ahead of Drabek on the depth charts.

[mitchf]

Yeah, I could see him working in a Los del V role.

No. More like Dave Bush role.

[o2cui2i]

Silly wabbit.......Kyle's went through two TJS surgeries, I'd be happy with a lights out backend reliever, if he comes back successfully as a starter, I'd have to pick my jaw up off the ground. Same goes for McGowan.

 

I'd be happy to see him throw quality strikes. super power arm... hope he's got some ctrl when/if he comes back.

[TO1]

I'd be happy to see him throw quality strikes. super power arm... hope he's got some ctrl when/if he comes back.

 

I'd like to see him succeed too, but he can't command a thing.

As bad as his FB command was, his CB command was even worse. Its never anywhere, but in the dirt by a longshot. No one swings at that when you can see its going to be a ball way before it reaches the plate. I just don't see it in him.

Especially with such an emotional guy too. You got to block out the last bad pitch you threw and move on. He can't seem to do it. Looks like he fights himself on the mound more than anything else.

[Iluvbjs]

Drabek is hopeless unfortunately. Violent delivery, maybe the worst control in baseball and frankly he has the mentality of a 5 year old on the mound.

 

I hope he's healthy, but let's let another team give him his 3rd chance.

 

I'm sorry, but I don't think you give up on a guy with his stuff and a father with the experience he has to stand behind him. Baseball is in this kids blood and you don't give up on a guy like this. When he finally gets straight, he will be a perrenial winner and with his background, I'm betting that's exactly what he will be.

[Sparky12]

kyle drabek

Another bullpen today... The elbow is feeling great... Can't wait to get into games again

 

Good stuff, still high hopes for a guy with that kind of stuff, at the very least a player to follow in the minors, we don't seem to have to many of those at the moment.

[GD]

I hope he hasn't lost any velocity.