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A Star is Born
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 12:06 pm
by WaltFrazier
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.
A Star is Born
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 12:49 pm
by Santoki
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.
Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 12:51 pm
by Fairview4Life
Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:47 pm
by Lateral Quicks
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]
Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 3:34 pm
by Raps_Swingman
Walt's drunk again....
Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 4:43 pm
by zong
Obviously not the real Walt, his vocabulary is grade school level!
Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:56 pm
by Boogie!
i thought this thread was gonna be about stroman.
Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:17 pm
by dballislife
If he ever learns to control that nasty nasty stuff, of course he will
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Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:30 pm
by Rhettmatic
Boogie! wrote:i thought this thread was gonna be about stroman.
I thought it was going to be about BigLeagueChew.
Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:40 pm
by satyr9
Rhettmatic wrote:Boogie! wrote:i thought this thread was gonna be about stroman.
I thought it was going to be about BigLeagueChew.
Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:50 pm
by vaff87
It's way too early to say about Sanchez, but Stroman is showing he might actually be a star.
Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:38 pm
by Randle McMurphy
Let's just work on him actually throwing strikes first.
Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:50 pm
by Schad
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.
Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:25 pm
by UnRealGM
Fantastic op. 99 with movement. I was expecting stroman as well.
Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:59 am
by torontoaces04
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!!
Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:21 am
by Schad
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.
Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:38 am
by C Court
Blame puck heads like Brian Burke for introducing the term 'compete'. Too bad it's now spreading to other sports.
Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:42 am
by dagger
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.
Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:45 am
by Santoki
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.
Re: A Star is Born
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:46 am
by Schad
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.