Under the Radar

[don_kessinger_was_good]

JK Ryu--no one talks about him. But he continues to progress, he's still young, has two plus pitches, and will be the #3 starter in Iowa this year. Rate his big-league future: marginal hanger-on, useful middle reliever, useful short reliever, or starting pitcher??

 

Me, I think Ryu is a lot more likely to be a big league bullpen contributor than Bobby Brownlie will ever be. I rate Ryu as the fourth most interesting player I'll be following in Iowa this year, after Pie, Guzman and Hill. I hope to drive up to Des Moines and catch a half-dozen games this summer.

 

Will definitely angle for a Felix Pie autograph or three. ;-)

[Neuby]

JK Ryu--no one talks about him. But he continues to progress, he's still young, has two plus pitches, and will be the #3 starter in Iowa this year. Rate his big-league future: marginal hanger-on, useful middle reliever, useful short reliever, or starting pitcher??

 

Me, I think Ryu is a lot more likely to be a big league bullpen contributor than Bobby Brownlie will ever be. I rate Ryu as the fourth most interesting player I'll be following in Iowa this year, after Pie, Guzman and Hill. I hope to drive up to Des Moines and catch a half-dozen games this summer.

 

Will definitely angle for a Felix Pie autograph or three. ;-)

 

Wasn't Ryu the guy the Cubs signed out of high school. I thought they projected him as a top of the rotation starter now he seems lucky to be in a bullpen in the majors sometimes last season.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

JK Ryu--no one talks about him. But he continues to progress, he's still young, has two plus pitches, and will be the #3 starter in Iowa this year. Rate his big-league future: marginal hanger-on, useful middle reliever, useful short reliever, or starting pitcher??

 

Me, I think Ryu is a lot more likely to be a big league bullpen contributor than Bobby Brownlie will ever be. I rate Ryu as the fourth most interesting player I'll be following in Iowa this year, after Pie, Guzman and Hill. I hope to drive up to Des Moines and catch a half-dozen games this summer.

 

Will definitely angle for a Felix Pie autograph or three. ;-)

 

Wasn't Ryu the guy the Cubs signed out of high school. I thought they projected him as a top of the rotation starter now he seems lucky to be in a bullpen in the majors sometimes last season.

 

Ryu was an international signing.

[Outshined_One]

After some thought, OF Matt Ciaramella (PTBNL the Cubs got from the Red Sox in the Jermaine Van Buren deal) definitely has good sleeper potential.

[T2E]

After some thought, OF Matt Ciaramella (PTBNL the Cubs got from the Red Sox in the Jermaine Van Buren deal) definitely has good sleeper potential.

 

Hmmm, he's already 23 and has never shown much power or a great ability to get on base. Seems to me like a roster filler but you never know.

[Outshined_One]

After some thought, OF Matt Ciaramella (PTBNL the Cubs got from the Red Sox in the Jermaine Van Buren deal) definitely has good sleeper potential.

 

Hmmm, he's already 23 and has never shown much power or a great ability to get on base. Seems to me like a roster filler but you never know.

 

He broke his hand back in June and missed two months, which impeded his progress within the Red Sox organization. He was 22 for all of last season and will probably start in Daytona, meaning he'll probably only be one year older than FSL average (which is around 22 I believe?).

 

He seems fundamentally sound and apparently has decent power and speed potential. The fact that you referred to him as roster filler signifies his complete under the radar status, to boot. ;)