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Originally Posted by
smootness
Toussaint had good stuff today, but looked basically as advertised - a young kid with great stuff trying to get his command under control and learn how to pitch. He had 5 BB and 2 HBP, but there was only one ball hit reasonably hard off him, and batters were often late on his fastball. He didn't throw his curve until the 4th and buckled one batter's knees with it. The interesting thing to me was that his fastball only say 90-92 all game, where we were hearing he was sitting more like 93-94 and occasionally getting up to 96-97. But he looked like a guy who could be special.
As for the rest, Davidson is slimmer than I expected and much slimmer than his pre-draft videos from last year. He seemed to move relatively well in the OF, and if he keeps his weight down, I don't see why he can't ultimately stick in LF. He was facing a lefty today but still hit two balls really hard into right center, though the CF tracked one down.
Albies is a stud. He is tiny, but his swing is so sweet. And he looks good defensively, too; moved well, showed good range and good instincts. The interesting thing to me is that the one area I wasn't impressed with was his arm, it looked below-average on at least one throw...but Fangraphs rates it a 60, so they probably know more than me. Either way, he's going to be gooooood.
Thanks for the report.
What was your impression of tanner Murphy (c)? I saw he had a good day hitting, but he's struggled for the most part this year. Some brave fans think he could possibly be our catcher of the future, so I'd like your input
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