Comments on: First Pitch: Instructional League Player Updates

By: Lee Young

Lee Young — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:53:00 +0000

Ian…I was one of the ‘knee jerkers’ and I am embarrased by it.

By: Ian Rothermund

Ian Rothermund — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:17:00 +0000

Random thought, but talking about the seal training for a minute….all of the drills are pretty much the same thing as high school football players do in preseason work outs; rolling tires, running together, grappling….if our pro athletes cant handle that, they’re probably going to hurt themselves in the gym or doing sprints in the outfield before a game. What a massive overreaction all of that was. Just my opinion. I think it would be hilarious to see all the writers being yelled at to do drills in the outfield though. Lol

By: whiteAngus

whiteAngus — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:13:00 +0000

i think Allie’s time as a pitcher is over. they wont be pulling a james mcdonald with this guy.

By: Tim Williams

Tim Williams — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:04:00 +0000

I liked Allie much better as a pitcher.

By: leadoff

leadoff — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:40:00 +0000

Urena is young, streaky goes with young. Watching Polanco for 5 minutes is enough to figure him out, he is another stud in the stable.
I did not like Allie when I saw him play a game in a high school all-star game, he will go down as a bad draft pick, problem is he cost about 2.5mil.

By: Tim Williams

Tim Williams — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:25:00 +0000

Everything you mentioned about Urena is why I’ve cooled on him. But every time I do that, I see him go on a hot streak, or read a good report about him going on a hot streak. The BB/K ratio makes it less likely that he’ll be the next Polanco.

By: Lee Young

Lee Young — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:23:00 +0000

Allie’s only hope of making the majors is going back to pitching.

JMHO

By: Lee Young

Lee Young — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:22:00 +0000

Tim….if you go down to instructs, I hear they expect all press to go thru the same SEALS drills….just wanted to make sure you’re prepared for that.

lol

By: emjayinTN

emjayinTN — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:22:00 +0000

I give you credit for mentioning Urena, but he repeated GCL in 2012 with very inconsistent results. He hit for a lower average, his W/K went from 1/2 to 1/5, but of the 29 hits he got, 16 were EBH’s. I think the Pirates are allowing Allie to develop physically and mature mentally and then I see him as being back as an upper 90′s pitcher. From everything I read, it is not any type of injury, it is just his inability to throw strikes. The most important tool in baseball is the quality of that space between the ears.