The Tyler Badamo Brewerfan Lovefest Thread

[splitterpfj]

Mass, yes he is, I hooked Tyler up with Josh.

[splitterpfj]

Tyler is a Semi-Finalist for the Brett Tomko Award, which goes to the best pitcher in Division II...

 

http://www.insidepitchonline.com/Press-Center/News/2014/Brett-Tomko-Award-semifinalists-announced.aspx

[splitterpfj]

Tyler wins ABCA, (American Baseball Coaches Association) D-II East Region Pitcher of the Year.

 

Badamo is now the consensus East Region Pitcher of the Year after earning the award from the ABCA, Daktronics, and NCBWA publications. The senior right-hander wrapped up his career with a 9-3 record over 15 appearances and 13 starts. In 108.1 innings pitched, Badamo tallied a 0.83 earned run average, 129 strikeouts, five complete games, two shutouts, and allowed only 75 hits, five of which went for extra-bases. His ERA and strikeout totals were also good for second in all of Division II.

 

http://www.eccsports.org/sports/bsb/2013-14/releases/051914_abca_allregion

[splitterpfj]

Tyler has been named first-team All-American by Daktronics, and 2nd-Team All-American by the NCBWA, he is also now a FINALIST for the Brett Tomko Award, aka, best D-II pitcher this year.

[splitterpfj]

Tyler's first Pre-Draft Workout for an MLB team is tomorrow, next week, he'll throw off a big league mound.

 

You should hear his mother right now.

[splitterpfj]

One MLB team, and one independent analytics guy, who is a former MLB Asst GM have Tyler rated as a 10th round pick. That's as much as I know, there are several more teams who are very interested.

 

From there, all kinds of things come into play....team budgets, office politics, you name it. It certainly appears as though Tyler will be drafted, but honestly, from round 10 to round 40, it's anyone's guess right now.

[splitterpfj]

Tyler's pre-draft workouts are done, he did four of them. By this time, the teams involved have seen him plenty, they know what he throws, his velocity, his makeup, etc - these move pretty quickly.

 

In the four workouts, Tyler allowed one grounder through the middle, he struck out more than half of the batters he faced.

 

Today's team loved his off-speed pitches in particular.

 

The team questionnaires are long since filled out and returned, the stats are in the books, and the workouts are done...there's nothing left to do now but fire up the grill and wait for the draft.

[TooLiveBrew]

This must be such an anxious & surreal time

[splitterpfj]

TLB, Tyler's got both feet on the ground - much more so than I would have had at his age. Tyler's dad died when he was 17, and 13 months later, Tyler became a father...he had two ways he could have gone - grow up fast, or collapse. I'm happy to say, Tyler grew up fast.

[brewcrewdue80]

Awaiting his Selection.

[splitterpfj]

I talked to him a little bit ago, as you can imagine, he's pretty antsy right now.

 

The kid who beat him for the Brett Tomko Award, (best D-II pitcher), went in round 5 to Seattle, trust me, he saw that!

[splitterpfj]

Tyler wasn't picked today, which was always the most likely scenario. There are many teams interested in him, everyone involved is convinced he'll be picked tomorrow, but beyond that, this could be round 11, or round 40.

 

I'll say more after the draft.

[colbyjack]

Congrats to Tyler, goes in the 24th round to the Mets.

[splitterpfj]

The Mets have followed Tyler the longest, starting his senior year in HS. The teams that had taken him the most seriously were the Mets, Yankees, Reds and Phillies, with a second group of Seattle, Toronto, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and the two LA teams...the Mets nearly took him a year ago.

 

I haven't talked to Tyler yet, but his mother is losing her mind.

[TheCrew07]

Congratulations, what a wonderful time for his entire immediate and extended family. Please pass along my best wishes for his success.

[Eye Black]

Very happy for him, must be a surreal feeling right now. I look forward to hearing many updates as he goes through his indoctrination into professional baseball. I have to add I was selfishly rooting for him to get drafted by a team with a Midwest League affiliate for a possible future BF.net road-trip. Good luck to him!

[TooLiveBrew]

Congrats Tyler!

[splitterpfj]

In two days, Tyler goes to Florida for his physical, then he'll pitch for the Mets' club in Brooklyn.

 

His agent lives right next to the field in FL where the Mets will bring him, and his family lives on Long Island, so they'll all be able to watch him this summer.

 

There are many happy Badamos right now!

[James Zumstein]

Congrats to Tyler, and thank you Splitter for keeping us up to date on everything throughout the process. I think we all learned a lot from your first-hand experience of helping him and his family.

[splitterpfj]

A nice write-up on "The Man."

 

One correction to this article, for those who want to know - his father, Matt, had a stroke in early '09, recovered, and was in a serious car accident just before Thanksgiving in that same year. After six major surgeries, and months of "touch and go", Matt was finally discharged from the hospital, and sent to a rehabilitation center, for physical therapy - he was on schedule to go home April 9th.

 

While at the rehab center, Matt contracted a bacterial infection, which his weakened body could not defeat - the infection attacked his heart, killing Matt in March of 2010.

 

He was a great friend of mine, who had helped me out when I was down in 2002, so naturally, when I realized Tyler might have a shot at pro ball, I stepped in and helped every way I could.

 

I'm networked throughout the baseball industry, though I've never worked in the game - I did that via social media. I reached out to scouts, writers, coaches, retired players, and ultimately an agent as Tyler's college career was nearing its end. This is Tyler's story - he did it - and it didn't come easy. I'm just happy to be in the supporting cast, and I'd love to be talking to his dad about all of this right now.

 

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140607&content_id=78747444&notebook_id=78747474&vkey=notebook_nym&c_id=nym&tcid=tw_article_78747444

[splitterpfj]

Tyler signed his contract today, he's ready to roll.

[narwhalattack]

Tyler signed his contract today, he's ready to roll.

 

Awesome! Wish him luck for me!

[splitterpfj]

The first batter Tyler faced as a pro...took him deep to lead off an inning.

 

He followed that with a pop out, a ground out and a K.

[Mass Haas]

Agent39 (Joshua Kusnick) writes this free Baseball Prospectus piece about how splitterpfj put Tyler in touch with him.

[splitterpfj]

Mass, Josh called here today after that article posted, and we had a long talk about a list of baseball topics.

 

Tyler's doing great, the Mets have him on an innings limit, so he's not getting as much work as he had expected this season, but it's strictly because the Mets view him as a real prospect, so they're being careful with him. Tyler pitched to six hitters today - 5 Ks.

 

This level of baseball is tough stuff, the kids are living on next to nothing, while the get acclimated to pro ball, a long ways from home.

 

This whole thing has truly been an education.