caulfield12 Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=5812 Ask and you shall receive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wsgdf_2 Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 07:24 PM) http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=5812 Ask and you shall receive. I don't think that article says they're promoting him. It was a great piece though, thanks for posting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scenario Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 07:24 PM) http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=5812 Ask and you shall receive. Good article. Answers the question of why he's still in Kanny... With that level of succes and considering his age, 22, Carter would seem like a prime candidate for promotion. By comparison, his ex-ODU teammate and fellow White Sox draftee, righthander Dan Hudson, also started the season in Kannapolis but has already reached Double-A, going 9-5, 2.61 in the process. But the biggest separator between the two is in the quality their changeups. When he commands them, Carter’s fastball and curveball are more than enough to succeed against Sally League hitters. His fastball has touched 94 mph and sits mostly 90-92, and he complements it with a downer curveball that gets some side-to-side movement as well. The changeup is the pitch he needs most to develop further if he’s going to succeed at higher levels. "We’re trying to develop the changeup more," Owens said. "It’s become a pretty decent pitch. We’ve tried it with different grips and whatnot, and I think he’s come up with something that he likes now. He feels comfortable. He’s been able to soften it up." Carter’s changeup was coming in at a firm 83-85 mph earlier in the season, but Owens said they’ve lowered that figure to 78-80 now. Carter has the added advantage of standing 6-foot-6, enabling him to generate a good downhill plane for all his pitches, though issues with staying on a straight line to the plate still creep in from time to time. Given the assets he already has, it’s not hard to imagine Carter having success at higher levels if his changeup progresses, a message Owens stresses to Carter and any other young starter. "You have to get them to buy into the fact that they cannot move on, if they’re going to start, and just have two pitches," Owens said. "In High A, Double-A or Triple-A, if they go to add a changeup then, it’s going to be much more difficult on them than if they can go ahead and develop it here and now. "It’s a pitch they’re going to need. To turn a lineup over as often as a starter is going to need to turn a lineup over, he’s going to need a changeup to do it, to be successful." Edited July 24, 2009 by scenario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighurt4life Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 QUOTE (scenario @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 10:40 PM) Good article. Answers the question of why he's still in Kanny... With that level of succes and considering his age, 22, Carter would seem like a prime candidate for promotion. By comparison, his ex-ODU teammate and fellow White Sox draftee, righthander Dan Hudson, also started the season in Kannapolis but has already reached Double-A, going 9-5, 2.61 in the process. But the biggest separator between the two is in the quality their changeups. When he commands them, Carter’s fastball and curveball are more than enough to succeed against Sally League hitters. His fastball has touched 94 mph and sits mostly 90-92, and he complements it with a downer curveball that gets some side-to-side movement as well. The changeup is the pitch he needs most to develop further if he’s going to succeed at higher levels. "We’re trying to develop the changeup more," Owens said. "It’s become a pretty decent pitch. We’ve tried it with different grips and whatnot, and I think he’s come up with something that he likes now. He feels comfortable. He’s been able to soften it up." Carter’s changeup was coming in at a firm 83-85 mph earlier in the season, but Owens said they’ve lowered that figure to 78-80 now. Carter has the added advantage of standing 6-foot-6, enabling him to generate a good downhill plane for all his pitches, though issues with staying on a straight line to the plate still creep in from time to time. Given the assets he already has, it’s not hard to imagine Carter having success at higher levels if his changeup progresses, a message Owens stresses to Carter and any other young starter. "You have to get them to buy into the fact that they cannot move on, if they’re going to start, and just have two pitches," Owens said. "In High A, Double-A or Triple-A, if they go to add a changeup then, it’s going to be much more difficult on them than if they can go ahead and develop it here and now. "It’s a pitch they’re going to need. To turn a lineup over as often as a starter is going to need to turn a lineup over, he’s going to need a changeup to do it, to be successful." Thats pretty much what i thought. Don't rush the kid, he's still young, let him develop that change and watch him scoot right through the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 The other thing worth looking at is that if you promote someone, you have to take someone else out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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