Like you said a random website with no way of determing how much Spencer Lee is worth came up with 5M. I highly doubt Spencer who is very well known and does have some endorsements deals is making anywhere near enough to be worth 5M. I hope I am wrong.
Yeah I don't think I said anything of the sort, moreso that he is an absolute elite wrestler. P4P in the top 3. There is zero guarantee he will be drafted in the NFL. I highly doubt he will be leaving the wrestling team to play football.
I guess i don't like or understand the rule. IF he wanted to enter the MLB draft this year and get paid now, why not allow it? What would suck is if in the next year he suffered an arm injury.
It’s better than the NBA one-and-done rule. At least there’s a path for kids to go directly to the draft from HS.
*shrug* That’s the gun read. Could absolutely be a fast gun….but it’s not like that was 95 mph. He’s been consistently read north of 100 since the start of the season, so it’s certainly not ridiculous, though it’s possible it was only 101-102 but a fast gun.
In fairness, Brody did leave the game after 5 with a 6-3 lead, so while he wasn’t perfect and better command might have let him pitch 1-2 more innings, he’s hardly the primary reason Iowa lost 2 of 3. Really, his command wasn’t even necessarily that bad (5 innings, 3 hits, 3 runs, 3 walks, 13 Ks), it’s that that style of pitching naturally leads to bigger counts and higher pitch counts (94 through 5 innings Friday).
Never meant to have laid the blame of the loss on Brody. Just stating that his speed is phenomenal, just needs to hone the strike zone a tad more. Our offense has been sketchy this year (so far). Glad he is baseball only, it is where he will make his money.
Fewest miles on his arm of any pitcher in the ‘24 class. Possible, but today was his longest outing of his career.
What I mean is get that done. It’s inevitable and now it seems they come back stronger.
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104 mph is f-ing incredible. Been to many many minor league games and have never seen a single pitcher touch 100. Just have to find the control.
I heard the 104 was not an accurate read, but the broadcast went with it. Doesn’t really matter, though, he’s hit 102 many times. Dude throws hard.
I've never seen it done before in minor league baseball. Go quite often for the last 7 or 8 years. Obviously have to have the control to go with it.
Will we be able to spot them out of 10k fans there?
He will go as far as his command will take him. His raw stuff will get him into pro ball and probably move him quickly through the ranks, but he’s going to have to consistently command a couple different off-speeds if he’s going to stick in the bigs as a starter. Love where he’s starting from, though, and he’s already made big strides at Iowa. Can’t wait to see him next year.
JFC he was just a RSFR, starting this past spring. did/were you expecting Cy Young results?
Lol…no, I love his progress. He was night and day better this year (he was a soph in baseball). I’m just looking way down the road. I’ve seen early 2024 MLB draft ratings that have him as the #1 arm, so no shots at all. If he harnesses command on that nasty stuff he has and keeps that elite velo, he can legit be a major league ace.
this was still his 1st year as a Starter.
