Official Orioles and Nationals Thread 2012

[Monkeydad]

That kid sounds like the LaRon Landry of baseball.

Monster potential and scary to face on the field...when he's actually on it.

"After just two innings of work for the Nationals' Gulf Coast League short-season A affiliate, Giolito was pulled from a game because of a significant decrease in his velocity."

First pitch of the game, 103 MPH. 2nd Inning he's throwing 68 MPH...manager: "I think we have a problem."

*not actual numbers, made them up.




Smoot's right though, this kind of talent is worth the risk. Maybe he'll get his arm fixed and come back throwing 97-98 instead of over 100 but still be lights out. A lot of pitchers are coming back from TJ to be better, more durable pitchers than before the injury.