Rangers Prospect Analysis: Blake Beavan Vs. Tommy Hunter

David Brown and Trip Somers give some statistical and scouting perspective to Blake Beavan and Tommy Hunter.

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Hunter looked pretty damn good the other night...

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by Walter Sobchak on Jul 7, 2009 3:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I was hoping to read this somewhere:

Beavan has actually been told to pocket his two-seam fastball for now, in favor of a four-seam fastball, reportedly in an effort to build back some of his amateur velocity. By next season, Beavan should be throwing both a two-seam fastball and a four-seam fastball with command of both…

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by shroomer on Jul 7, 2009 3:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice

Shroom do you think he is TORP?

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by boomer1 on Jul 7, 2009 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think they have him sussed out there – maybe more of a COASHIR to me rather than a TORP or a LAIE. I woulda said Hunter and Beavan both remind me of what I always envisioned Eric Hurley becoming before KoK took a chainsaw to civil Eric Hurley discourse around here.

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by shroomer on Jul 7, 2009 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

OK

I know what TORP and LAIE mean, but what the heck is COASHIR?

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by RCCook on Jul 7, 2009 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cowboy, on a steel horse I ride

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by shroomer on Jul 7, 2009 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Okay, so...

How does this correlate to pitching performance? You expect him to have high K totals?

by jwiscarson on Jul 7, 2009 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What he said

huh?

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by NorCalRangersFan on Jul 7, 2009 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That he's a workhorse and can suck up innings?

by oc on Jul 7, 2009 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

GAH, NEVERMIND!

by oc on Jul 7, 2009 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

just a lame joke

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by shroomer on Jul 7, 2009 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What do all three mean?

I must have missed that part of Lonestarball orientation.

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by Aquaman56 on Jul 7, 2009 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

x

Top Of Rotation Pitcher
League Average Inning Eater

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by FuturePants on Jul 7, 2009 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

TORP- top of the rotation pitcher

LAIE- league-average innings eater

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by RCCook on Jul 7, 2009 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for answering my stupid question.

I swear I even tried to google it before asking.

by Aquaman56 on Jul 7, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Be fun to see what effect this article has on Beav’s & Hunter’s rankings in the CPP.

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by Keynes on Jul 7, 2009 3:46 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

I have always thought Hunter could be a good innings eater.

It has always seemed like the organization is just sitting there, waiting for him to throw badly so they can say “I told you so, we knew he was just a bullpen guy”…

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by Hamiltons Homey on Jul 7, 2009 5:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Huh?

I don’t see how you could get that impression. They have promoted him aggressively and given him lots of opportunity. It seems more like to me they knew what he could be and set out to challenge him and make it happen, and now he’s a much nicer prospect than we thought he was when drafted.

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by t ball on Jul 7, 2009 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What a difference a year makes

I still remember last year some of us were arguing that Hunter was more of a bullpen guy that someone that could be a rotation guy (due mostly to having only two pitches, the four-seamer and the curve), but in developing a two-seamer and a change-up, he has potential to be a back of the rotation starter, a LAIE. When I watch him pitch this year, I always get the feeling that he could turn into a Rick Helling type of pitcher, and I would be extremely happy with that

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by Smoak Some on Jul 7, 2009 5:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

He's our Blanton

just look at him.

by Hull Fan on Jul 7, 2009 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That honestly might be selling him a little short.

He’s probably already on the verge of being a solid back of the rotation guy. Citing that as his potential seems short-sighted, and I don’t mean that as an insult.

He’s throwing 4 quality pitches right now, and his command is very, very good. He’ll probably never strike out enough guys to be a #2 type, but he’s definitely on the radar as a solid #3, especially if he continues to improve his game like he has.

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by NoNameOnCard on Jul 7, 2009 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thats what I mean

I’ve always considered a back of a rotation starter as a 3, 4, or 5 guy. He really does got the making of a #3 guy if he continues to command those pitches

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by Smoak Some on Jul 7, 2009 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And that's good with me

Front the rotation with some combination of Feliz, Holland, Perez, and Scheppers, fill the 3-4-5 spots and some of the bullpen with whichever of those four doesn’t pan out into a TORG and Hunter, Beavan, Feldman, Harrison, and Kiker.

I believe I’ll take that sort of projected pitching staff 2-3 years from now.

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by WestTxAg06 on Jul 7, 2009 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs