Why was Gallardo a much better prospect than Inman?

[DHonks]

Scouts considered Gallardo a future ace

 

but going back a year, we were just starting to hear that. Before that, there was little discussion of him being better than a 2 or 3

[hauser42]

Yes and the Mets were smart to trade away the short Kazmir!

 

He has not really lived up to all his press clippings. Althoug he is still better than Victor Zambrano.

[TheCrew07]

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And what's with the 5'10" exaggerations/rationalizations

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If someone is listed at 6', he's probably an inch to inch and a half shorter than that. Well at least it's that way in football, but may not be the case baseball now that I think about it. It's been a topic of discussion on the minor league forum a couple of times now, and since many people don't read that forum, this probably came out of the blue...

 

I never had a problem with Will, I just posted that knowing that Al and others would defend themselves in that regard.

[backup catchers]

I don't know about Inman's size but I do know the reason taller pitchers are preferable is because of the angle the hitter sees the ball is differant. If the ball comes toward the hitter on a downward angle it's harder to hit for some reason. At least that's the explaination I've heard.

[brewcrewfan08]

There is some information on him on baseball america about what kind of prospect he is and his similar major league players. He's prospect number 91.

 

www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/features/263445.html