any word on what his deal is? His line is amazingly bad.
5G 0-2 10.13ERA 13.1IP 21H 23R 15ER 22BB 9K
And consider that the sox took him before Joba Chamberlain who by all accounts is a MUCh better prospect and just had a solid start to his Tampa career after missing time with a hammy.
I think the funniest part is that Jacko posted in the other thread.
like "Coco" said theres another thread for Daniel Bard, dont have to keep making threads. No shit? Players taken later in the draft can sometimes turn out better than 1st round pics? Gee thats never happened before
Anyways I heard on espn radio from baseball america columnist that bard was pitching while being hurt. He has since been put on the DL, the Sox are looking into bringing him up as a reliever instead
"See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky? Or, look at the question this way: Is it possible that there are no coincidences?"
I think Bard is a project prospect. They are probably starting at square one and building a pitcher off the free-and-easy heat foundation.
What I find interesting, Jacko, is why you care? Isn't one of your tenets about prospects that when they first hit pro ball the results should be ignored as they learn what the system is teaching them?
Hence why I wanted to know if there was something they are tinkering with. Undercover info ORS, that is what I want. Anyone have it?
I know they are spending a lot of time making him throw secondary pitches. He's 21 with a 100mph arm, and they want to nurture that as best as they can cause anytime you have that its special.
With Bard, its a work on his overall game thing and builed around the tremendous raw talent he has. I don't expect anything from him till he's like 25ish. I still think maybe he comes up as a starter and becomes a reliever. I love his ceiling as a reliever.
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.. Heard they're having him develop his change .
Not really worried .
Craig Hansen II.Originally Posted by NateGrey;249614;
Yeah, except that Hansen was nearly unhittable during his first stints with the Sox farm system, whereas Bard has been unable to find the strike zone.
Wow, already down on a guy who just started his minor league career.
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Odd outing for Bard tonight for Single-A Greenville
5.0 IP, 0 hits, 0 ER, 6 walks, 4 Ks
Eh, needs to cut down on the walks...
What's killing him? Is he just having trouble with his command or is it that he's just pitching badly?
idk but I guess by the boxscore it looks like his stuff is decent if hes not getting hit but his control isnt very good.
btw, Greenville ended up throwing a 6 inning nohitter and the game was stopped due to rain
He's improving. Albeit slowly.
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