A Star is Born

WaltFrazier · Post #1 » by **WaltFrazier** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 12:06 pm

We saw a star born before our eyes last night. This kid Sanchez is gonna be the Jays' ace for the next ten years. I was all in the, do something, anything AA camp, until last night. You can't trade this kid no matter what. He is the real deal, mark my words. He even sounded perfect, mature, and professional, yet understandably excited and young, in the post game interview. It's the sawn of a new era.

I hope.

Santoki · Post #2 » by **Santoki** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 12:49 pm

Lol, classic Raps forum post. Writes the exact same thing in the thread dedicated to Sanchez but thought it was so profound that it needed its own separate thread.

Fairview4Life · Post #3 » by **Fairview4Life** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 12:51 pm

http://m.mlb.com/video/v10725423/tbtor- ... two-homers

Lateral Quicks · Post #4 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:47 pm

Fairview4Life wrote:http://m.mlb.com/video/v10725423/tbtor-arencibia-goes-4for5-with-two-homers

Exactly.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu1JMbSLPvc[/youtube]

Raps_Swingman · Post #5 » by **Raps_Swingman** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 3:34 pm

Walt's drunk again....

zong · Post #6 » by **zong** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 4:43 pm

Obviously not the real Walt, his vocabulary is grade school level!

Boogie! · Post #7 » by **Boogie!** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:56 pm

i thought this thread was gonna be about stroman.

dballislife · Post #8 » by **dballislife** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:17 pm

If he ever learns to control that nasty nasty stuff, of course he will

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Post #9 » by **Rhettmatic** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:30 pm

Boogie! wrote:i thought this thread was gonna be about stroman.

I thought it was going to be about BigLeagueChew.

satyr9 · Post #10 » by **satyr9** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:40 pm

Rhettmatic wrote:
Boogie! wrote:i thought this thread was gonna be about stroman.

I thought it was going to be about BigLeagueChew.

vaff87 · Post #11 » by **vaff87** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:50 pm

It's way too early to say about Sanchez, but Stroman is showing he might actually be a star.

Randle McMurphy · Post #12 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:38 pm

Let's just work on him actually throwing strikes first.

Post #13 » by **Schad** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:50 pm

Dunno about a star, certainly not yet. I think that he could, and very soon (not this year, but perhaps by this time next year) be an elite reliever. However, I struggle to consider anyone who pitches 70 innings a year a star, and it'll take a fair bit longer for him to be a star in the rotation, if at all.

UnRealGM · Post #14 » by **UnRealGM** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:25 pm

Fantastic op. 99 with movement. I was expecting stroman as well.

torontoaces04 · Post #15 » by **torontoaces04** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:59 am

According to Gibby, Stroman has a lot of "compete", whatever the hell that is.

Seriously though, great outing, and lets see if he can build upon it!!

Post #16 » by **Schad** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:21 am

torontoaces04 wrote:According to Gibby, Stroman has a lot of "compete", whatever the hell that is.

Seriously though, great outing, and lets see if he can build upon it!!

See it a lot in scouting reports these days. Seems to be an unfortunate outgrowth of using "he has that compete factor" instead of "he is competitive" for no reason I will ever comprehend.

C Court · Post #17 » by **C Court** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:38 am

Blame puck heads like Brian Burke for introducing the term 'compete'. Too bad it's now spreading to other sports.

dagger · Post #18 » by **dagger** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:42 am

Schadenfreude wrote:
torontoaces04 wrote:According to Gibby, Stroman has a lot of "compete", whatever the hell that is.

Seriously though, great outing, and lets see if he can build upon it!!

See it a lot in scouting reports these days. Seems to be an unfortunate outgrowth of using "he has that compete factor" instead of "he is competitive" for no reason I will ever comprehend.

Oh wow, something left in sports that can't be expressed as a statistic. No wonder you stat heads hate the term. :lol:

Santoki · Post #19 » by **Santoki** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:45 am

You guys really don't think that some guys have an extra edge to them? In baseball it's not as easily seen, but they used to praise Doc for it all the time when he'd get riled up on the mound.

It may not exactly be quantifiable and may be completely overused, but it certainly exists. We all would have wished Vince Carter had that "compete" in him.

Post #20 » by **Schad** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:46 am

dagger wrote:Oh wow, something left in sports that can't be expressed as a statistic. No wonder you stat heads hate the term.

Are you serious? I don't like it because using compete as a noun is an abomination. I have no issue with players being described as competitive in any form that doesn't take the English language and put it through a juicer.