Coach Matt LaCour said he's done for the season, but surgery doesn't seem necessary.
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Keep dropping off...I'd love the Mets to grab a steal at #12
ReplyDeletethis is a bad one and you don't want to draft anyone with an ulnar problem in his pitching arm...
ReplyDeleteI can't see anything for him than to now go to college....
Wow this is too bad. Lucas was my pick to go #1 to the Astros and with anything but an awful season or an injury would have changed my mind about that.
ReplyDeleteGiolito will certainly respect his commitment to UCLA. What I am more interested in now is how the draft board reacts to Fried because he will be top dog at Harvard-Westlake now. Also, will Lucas going to UCLA influence his decision to go pro or college?
I'm working on a mock draft and with the injury to Lucas and Roache my top five is all sorts of messed up now. I'm thinking I agree with Sickels that Gausman might go #1 now considering Appel has not started the spring particularly well.
Stephen - how far do you see Roache dropping with his injury?
ReplyDeleteBTW - Fried had a bad outing last time out.
ReplyDeleteOne thing to remember.. there was another pitcher who had this same injury... twice...
Nolan Ryan
My friend has seen him pitch twice live(I live about 15 minutes from Harvard-Westlake)and not only raved about his stuff but that he seemed to have a major league-ish gameplan for the batters he faced. He was really impressed by a high school pitcher, something he said he hasn't been since Jon Garland's days at Crespi out here. Sad to hear, and as Mack said, that is one injury you have to be MAJORly scared of...
ReplyDeleteYeah, you really do.
ReplyDeleteIt killed me to watch the Mets pass on Anthony Renaudo, but it was the right thing to do.
You HAVE to draft a healthy player in the first round. You just have to.
Michael: I still see someone taking him in the first round. He was on fire before the injury and his power is undeniable. Remember that Jackie Bradley had a rough spring and then dealt with an injury and still got drafted in the supplemental (40th pick overall) in the 2011 draft. Now, I find Roache to be a superior talent to Bradley and I think some team will overlook the injury and take him somewhere pick 20-30.
ReplyDeleteAs for Giolito, I could see some team taking him around the same spot but anything short of a top-ten pick will be too little to keep Lucas from respecting his commitment to UCLA. UCLA has a track record of getting their commits to come to campus and I think both Giolito and Fried will seriously consider going. My guess right now is Fried goes pro with a top-10 pick and Giolito heals, proves he still is an elite talent, and becomes the next Strasburg-esque collegiate pitcher to go #1 in two years.
Dice-K was diagnosed with that same injury and then had Tommy John surgery a few weeks later. I wouldn't be surprised if TJ Surgery isn't in Lucas's future. If with that, most people not only recover from this, then end up coming back stronger, which is a scary thought. Personally, I had this surgery about 10 years ago and around 18 months later I was throwing harder than I ever did. I still wouldn't draft him #12 overall just due to the uncertainty of his injury, but I would still consider it strongly since he's quite the talent.
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