MLB.com's Adam McCalvy on Mark Rogers and Mike Jones

[Mass Haas]

Outstanding work, Adam.

Hence its own thread.

Love the Jones story, incredibly excited by the Rogers story. Note that Mike has indicated that he'd have to consider other offers should they come his way this offseason. But on the upside scale right now, Rogers is the real focus here.

[tyguy20204]

Great article. Nice work by McCalvy.

 

"He has four pitches for the Major League level," said Fred Dabney, the fifth-year pitching coach at Brevard County. "He just needs to get more consistent with them. He could be quite a pitcher with the stuff he's been blessed with."

 

And a 98 MPH fastball? Sounds good to me.

[TheCrew07]

What an exceptional piece by McCalvy... you sir, are the man.

 

I think he sums up perfectly why I root so hard for both players, it's disappointing to find out that Jones' velocity is down around 90mph, but not unexpected given what he's been through. Melvin's "lets throw him in AAA and see what he can do" quote was pretty interesting, I hope he finishes the season strong. In making it to the AAA rotation, he's already made it farther than I thought he would have 2 years ago given the multiple surgeries.