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by **Yoda** » Thu May 31, 2007 5:39 pm

I watched him in College WS last year and honestly wasn't that impressed. Throws heat and a decent breaking ball but fell apart later in the game.

$4M is a lot for someone who already had elbow issues and may end up in the pen.

by **PlayingWithFire** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:17 pm

unfortunately, I'm jumping on his bandwagon, drafted him in my 28 teams league...my other choice was Brett Anderson and his scouting report worries me and Anderson is at least 3 years out anyway.

by **PlayingWithFire** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:30 am

perfecto today through 7 before getting the hook

by **FalcoAtL** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:46 am

Yeah, I just looked at that. 7 IP 13 K 0 BB 0 H

Not bad for your second career professional start.

by **Members Only Jackets** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:20 pm

Another great outing today:

In his 5 IP today -- 9 K's, 2 BB

Total numbers so far --17 innings, 30 K's, 2 walks, 5 hits. 0.53 ERA. 0.41 WHIP.

Get him ASAP...he's still under the radar...but not for long.

by **FalcoAtL** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:52 pm

After the game he was told he's moving up to Double-A. Looks like the Dbacks might have a decent chance at calling him up at the end of the year.

by **Havok1517** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:43 pm

looks like that deadline signing, though expensive, might pay off for the D-Backs.

by **FalcoAtL** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:05 pm

Yeah, they're very lucky though, because they just used this year's top pick on Parker, a HS arm who may need a decent amount of time to develop. If they hadn't been able to sign Scherzer they would have been without a big time arm close to reaching the majors. That's a problem for them more than a lot of teams because of their lack of young arms in the rotation. Davis and Hernandez are both fairly young, but neither has the type of stuff that you figure will allow them to remain successful in a Unit-esque sort of way. The top arms they have in Triple-A, Nippert and Petit, are decent, but neither possesses front of the rotation potential. Brett Anderson was also called up with Scherzer, but I don't see him being quite as good as Parker or Scherzer.

Sorry for the small rant, but I just wanted to emphasize how important Scherzer's signing really was. I'm really looking forward to the Dbacks actually having a high-profile prospect that's a pitcher for a change.

by **PlayingWithFire** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:47 pm

FalcoAtL wrote:Yeah, they're very lucky though, because they just used this year's top pick on Parker, a HS arm who may need a decent amount of time to develop. If they hadn't been able to sign Scherzer they would have been without a big time arm close to reaching the majors. That's a problem for them more than a lot of teams because of their lack of young arms in the rotation. Davis and Hernandez are both fairly young, but neither has the type of stuff that you figure will allow them to remain successful in a Unit-esque sort of way. The top arms they have in Triple-A, Nippert and Petit, are decent, but neither possesses front of the rotation potential. Brett Anderson was also called up with Scherzer, but I don't see him being quite as good as Parker or Scherzer.

Sorry for the small rant, but I just wanted to emphasize how important Scherzer's signing really was. I'm really looking forward to the Dbacks actually having a high-profile prospect that's a pitcher for a change.

I still believe Dana Eveland can be an okay to good pitcher in the bigs, any update on his **** you finger?