http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2011/05/daily-dish-christian-friedrich-pat-corbin-lead-double-a-pitching-brigade/ Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:43:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2011/05/daily-dish-christian-friedrich-pat-corbin-lead-double-a-pitching-brigade/comment-page-1/#comment-102457 Michael Tue, 31 May 2011 23:40:24 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=11817#comment-102457 Christian Friedrich is still feeling his way but it's clear, that in addition to some past elbow soreness, he is a fringe MLB starter at best. His star, so brief, has fallen. He's way too hittable, walks too many and doesn't show great stuff via strikeouts like earlier in his career. He might surface at the major league level as a low-level fifth starter or more likely a middle reliever. Tim Wheeler is getting comfortable hitting professionally and looks the part of big league player except that he's not drawing walks, due to an aggressive approach at the plate. That's working now but it could cause issues as he tries to advance to Denver. He also needs to cut down on strikeouts and find a way to put the ball in play in anyway instead of giving away at bats with whiffs. He's likely an average starter now but his upside remains that of solid regular.   Christian Friedrich is still feeling his way but it's clear, that in addition to some past elbow soreness, he is a fringe MLB starter at best. His star, so brief, has fallen. He's way too hittable, walks too many and doesn't show great stuff via strikeouts like earlier in his career.
He might surface at the major league level as a low-level fifth starter or more likely a middle reliever.
Tim Wheeler is getting comfortable hitting professionally and looks the part of big league player except that he's not drawing walks, due to an aggressive approach at the plate. That's working now but it could cause issues as he tries to advance to Denver. He also needs to cut down on strikeouts and find a way to put the ball in play in anyway instead of giving away at bats with whiffs. He's likely an average starter now but his upside remains that of solid regular.
 

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