Quote Originally Posted by KOdawg1 View Post
I'm all for Sims being a starter next year.

However, and I may be off on this, he seems like a max effort kind of pitcher, so would he have to change his mechanics or drop a few ticks on his fastball so he can go deeper in games? He works very aggressively, and I'm not sure how that would hold up over 6 innings.
People said the same thing about Max Scherzer in college & it's why he went 11th overall rather than being a top 5 pick. The difficulty is separating "effort" from "intent/intensity" They can look the same but be very different.

IMO, effort is when a guy has poor mechanics or a slow arm but still throws hard. However, Sims' delivery is athletic & doesn't put much strain on his arm.