I'll agree w that he only need to go out there in relief opportunities. And it has to be to start and inning!!!
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Well, whatever, all I can go by is what I see watching his fastball as he pitches on video and the fact that I don't see a lot of swing and miss with his fastball. Heck, one guy fouled off about 6 or 7 fastballs in a row yesterday until he got himself a walk.
I have had the good fortune to play softball with former razorback pitchers that were only a couple years out of college. While in college, part of their offseason training was to throw a lot of long throws in offseason to build arm strength. With their natural ability and the time they spent working on long throws, they had absolute canons from the outfield. If he can catch, give him a chance out in the big grass and let him gun runners trying stretch a hit.
I am mostly kidding but if his draft stock falls far enough because he gets moved to short relief in college, there may be a plan B.
Funny about long throwing in off season, I believe this could or does help. I do know pitchers coming back from arm injuries start of with soft toss throwing, then next day or time to throw they extended to say 100 to 150 feet. So long tossing has to help build strength in the arm. There is one pitcher now who is recovering ahead of schedule, should be throwing 100% in a bout a week maybe two weeks.
Dude is a pitcher. LF and RF have to produce offensively at the next level. Cerantola already struggles with athleticism on the mound. I doubt he can swing it extremely well. Could be wrong though.
Guys that are low to mid 90s from the OF are pretty common at the next level.