Good year to have the 1st overall, it's still early in the college season but there's a pitcher whose struck out 47 of his 61 batters faced. Whatever he changed after transferring to Tennessee worked wonders. Even if he falls off this pace somewhat that would still make him the first overall pick by a landslide.
Liam Doyle, 6'2 and 220
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Like you said. It's still early. Right now Doyle is ranks 75th on mlb.com as a draft prospect. If the draft were today, they'd probably take Ethan Holliday or maybe that pitcher from FSU, Arnold.ACommanderNotCaptain wrote: Sat Mar 08, 2025 3:31 pmGood year to have the 1st overall, it's still early in the college season but there's a pitcher whose struck out 47 of his 61 batters faced. Whatever he changed after transferring to Tennessee worked wonders. Even if he falls off this pace somewhat that would still make him the first overall pick by a landslide.
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Will be curious to see how this ranking changes in a few months.
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Surprising Spring Training Stats
Buster Olney: 9-to-1. That's the ratio of walks-to-strikeouts this spring for 30-year-old outfielder Alex Call, and these are numbers I've never seen. Nine walks and one strikeout in his first 27 plate appearances this spring. And he has an OPS of 1.056. We don't think of plate discipline as a skill that improves significantly over a career, but it seems like that's what has happened with Call, a third-round pick of the White Sox in 2016. He has bounced around the minor leagues for a while, accumulating 22 walks and 93 strikeouts over 81 games in Double-A in 2019. And in 30 games for the Nationals last year, he had a slash line of .343/.425/.525. He has figured out something.
"He's always given us good at-bats," Nationals GM Mike Rizzo wrote in a text. "He's got a grinder-type approach at the plate that has served him well, and I think that with consistent at-bats, he's seeing it well. Great guy to have."
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Buster Olney: 9-to-1. That's the ratio of walks-to-strikeouts this spring for 30-year-old outfielder Alex Call, and these are numbers I've never seen. Nine walks and one strikeout in his first 27 plate appearances this spring. And he has an OPS of 1.056. We don't think of plate discipline as a skill that improves significantly over a career, but it seems like that's what has happened with Call, a third-round pick of the White Sox in 2016. He has bounced around the minor leagues for a while, accumulating 22 walks and 93 strikeouts over 81 games in Double-A in 2019. And in 30 games for the Nationals last year, he had a slash line of .343/.425/.525. He has figured out something.
"He's always given us good at-bats," Nationals GM Mike Rizzo wrote in a text. "He's got a grinder-type approach at the plate that has served him well, and I think that with consistent at-bats, he's seeing it well. Great guy to have."
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/441 ... zer-sasaki
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Jackson Rutledge News: Shifting to multi-inning relief
Written by RotoWire Staff
Published on March 12, 2025
Nationals manager Dave Martinez said Wednesday that Rutledge will be used as a multi-inning reliever moving forward, Andrew Golden of The Washington Post reports.
A first-round pick in the 2019 First-Year Player Draft, Rutledge has seen spot duty in the majors the last two seasons but really struggled last year at Triple-A Rochester, posting a 6.40 ERA with a 13.7 percent walk rate. Rutledge's stuff should play up in relief and the new role also figures to mask some of his control problems.
Jackson Rutledge News: Shifting to multi-inning relief
Written by RotoWire Staff
Published on March 12, 2025
Nationals manager Dave Martinez said Wednesday that Rutledge will be used as a multi-inning reliever moving forward, Andrew Golden of The Washington Post reports.
A first-round pick in the 2019 First-Year Player Draft, Rutledge has seen spot duty in the majors the last two seasons but really struggled last year at Triple-A Rochester, posting a 6.40 ERA with a 13.7 percent walk rate. Rutledge's stuff should play up in relief and the new role also figures to mask some of his control problems.