danman31 Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Knights and Barons postponed. Kinston @ Dash Rienzo Hickory @ Intimidators Petricka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Another real good game for Petricka. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Could've had Trout. Instead, we take another college football player with a long swing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySox Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 09:12 PM) Could've had Trout. Instead, we take another college football player with a long swing. A high schooler with our 1st round pick? Unheard of. I still can't find fault with the Mitchell pick though. Edited April 16, 2011 by DirtySox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 08:12 PM) Could've had Trout. Instead, we take another college football player with a long swing. Stop. Most of the league passed on Trout, it's not like we took a college pitcher who maxes out at 90 mph. Mitchell still has a ton of upside, certainly not time to give up on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) Trout certainly would have been considered the more aggressive pick, considering that's what their new drafting philosophy is supposedly. They were probably wanting a leadoff hitter that's closer to the big leagues than some high school player. Well, that high school player is now in AA, and Mitchell is at Winston-Salem. Yes, I know he missed a year, but still. I'm just not feeling Mitchell will be anything. Hope I'm wrong, but it's still going to take a couple years to find out. Edited April 16, 2011 by flavum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) Jacob Petricka followed up his 6 IP no-hit, 79K performance with a 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K. On the year he now has 11 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 16 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.55 WHIP, 8 K/BB. Edited April 16, 2011 by JoeCoolMan24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OilCan Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 11:25 PM) Trout certainly would have been considered the more aggressive pick, considering that's what their new drafting philosophy is supposedly. They were probably wanting a leadoff hitter that's closer to the big leagues then some high school player. Well, that high school player is now in AA, and Mitchell is at Winston-Salem. Yes, I know he missed a year, but still. I'm just not feeling Mitchell will be anything. Hope I'm wrong, but it's still going to take a couple years to find out. Two years ago I said a sleeper prospect for the 09 draft was Brandon Belt, the 1b from UT. I'd seen him on TV and in games in person to say that with his sweet swing, he could have been a solid pickup for the Pale Hose. Instead he fell 5 rounds plus a few comp rounds before SFG drafted him. My two cents is that it's useless complaining about baseball drafts anymore. It's a crapshoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I still don't think Mitchell should be at W-S after missing a full year of development time. Let him hit his way to a promotion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 11:25 PM) Trout certainly would have been considered the more aggressive pick, considering that's what their new drafting philosophy is supposedly. They were probably wanting a leadoff hitter that's closer to the big leagues than some high school player. Well, that high school player is now in AA, and Mitchell is at Winston-Salem. Yes, I know he missed a year, but still. I'm just not feeling Mitchell will be anything. Hope I'm wrong, but it's still going to take a couple years to find out. Mitchell was a very aggressive pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I'm just not feeling Mitchell will be anything. Hope I'm wrong, but it's still going to take a couple years to find out. I don't think it'll take that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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