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Sunday, November 20, 2005 |
Jered Weaver To Get A Look For 2006 Rotation?
I hate stories like this one in the Register because it's so hopelessly obvious that Jered Weaver isn't ready for the show. He still doesn't really have a sinker/cut fastball he needs to get those groundball outs, but that isn't deterring agent Scott Boras one whit. Boras is still singing from the same hymnal he was when Weaver was expected to go first overall in the 2004 draft:
"When this guy (Weaver) finished up at Long Beach State that spring, he was ready to pitch in the major leagues," Boras said. "He had great command of four pitches, and he had the velocity and the approach to help the Angels in the second half of that year.But if it were only Boras saying Weaver was near to ready, I wouldn't be so concerned. Some of the Angels' staff is saying it, too:"I had a client (Craig Hansen of St. John's) who was drafted in the first round by the Red Sox this year, and they had him up at the end of the season and he was helping them. He has two pitches. Jered has four. But I think the Angels have realized that Jered is ready to help them now."
Weaver was 1-3 with a 5.47 ERA in the Fall League, which generally was a hitters' paradise. "He would make one mistake with his breaking ball and he'd pay for it," said Kernan Ronan, who was his pitching coach here and works with Angel minor-leaguers. "But based on the way he threw in his last outing, I'd say he's very close to the big leagues. That was the best he looked in terms of energy and aggressiveness."Whether the Angels can afford to have him in the rotation is another matter.
Comments:
I think you are overreacting. Anything Boras says is roughly bullshit. And the reporter probably asked Ronan if he thought Weaver was ready for the majors and Ronan said "he's very close to the big leagues." That could still mean a year away.
What worries me, Josh, is the fact that the Angels are left hanging minus a plan B right now, a situation that gets worse if they don't sign Paul Byrd.
Saunders, Bootcheck, Shell, Weaver - there has gotta be a League Average 5th starter there somewhere.
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: 11/20/2005 12:21:00 PM
: 11/20/2005 12:21:00 PM
Right, there is a lot of time left (it is still middle of November, after all) and the Angels do have some guys they can use as a 5th starter if they have to.
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