These are a few guys that I will be keeping my eye on. Most of them are already fairly well known, but I expect them to outperform where they are drafted.
Johnny Cueto Andrew Miller Jon Lester Ubaldo Jimenez Anthony Reyes Sean Gallagher Mike Pelfrey Brandon Morrow Phil Hughes Yovani Gallardo Yusmiero Petit Franklin Morales
Sean Gallagher is definitely on my radar. It seems like an Oakland pitcher breaks out every year, and Gallagher could be next years lighting in a bottle. I'm also keen on Gallardo, Aaron Laffey and Nick Blackburn.
I know he's not much of a sleeper, but I could see Kershaw maturing in the off-season and being on the cusp of greatness. I also think Liriano will be lights out next year.
"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not."
I have Dana Eveland tagged as a very deep sleeper. If he can improve his control, he could be good. Only problem is, Oakland has so many young SP I'm not sure that he gets a shot....
buffalobillsrul2002 wrote:I have Dana Eveland tagged as a very deep sleeper. If he can improve his control, he could be good. Only problem is, Oakland has so many young SP I'm not sure that he gets a shot....
eveland has had a problem with control for awhile. if he does well the rest of the way/ST i would definitely take a flier on him.
oddmanout7 wrote:These are a few guys that I will be keeping my eye on. Most of them are already fairly well known, but I expect them to outperform where they are drafted.
Johnny Cueto Andrew Miller Jon Lester Ubaldo Jimenez Anthony Reyes Sean Gallagher Mike Pelfrey Brandon Morrow Phil Hughes Yovani Gallardo Yusmiero Petit Franklin Morales
Anthony Reyes is a guy I'll be watching carefully - see what a change of scenery does for him.
The Mighty Trow wrote:The way Waters pitched against the Angels tonight sure caught my eye... (8 innings, 1 hit, 3 walks, 1 hbp, 3 ks, 103 pitches)
I don't know about you, but I'd like to see a few more quality starts out of this guy before he even reaches the radar. You don't see too many starting pitchers stick around in the minors for 7 1/2 years and make a huge impact in the bigs after that.
The Mighty Trow wrote:The way Waters pitched against the Angels tonight sure caught my eye... (8 innings, 1 hit, 3 walks, 1 hbp, 3 ks, 103 pitches)
I don't know about you, but I'd like to see a few more quality starts out of this guy before he even reaches the radar. You don't see too many starting pitchers stick around in the minors for 7 1/2 years and make a huge impact in the bigs after that.
seven and a half years? yowza... here i thought he was some young'n...