Road to the major leagues isn't always smooth

[Mass Haas]

Just a spectacular effort from Jim Owczarski of OnMilwaukee --

 

Road to the major leagues isn't always smooth

Kintzler, Lintz, Anundsen...

[pitchleague]

pretty good read. Thanks for sharing!

[TheCrew07]

Lee Tunnell is the man, that is all.

[LouisEly]

Lintz is an example of why I'm hesitant to say that it's the Brewers scouting and talent evaluation that is the cause for the lack of homegrown pitching. Lintz had all of the talent in the world - striking out 155 and walking 21 in 75 innings of HS ball. But, demonstrating the big risk of HS players, the lack of maturity of an 18-year-old with $900K in his pocket caused him to get in his own way and not embrace the coaching he was given. Same with Jeffress - high upside, but immaturity caused him to get in his own way. I don't know if you can hang that on the scouts.

[jerichoholicninja]

Scouts are supposed to scout more than physical skills. They also need to find out about a player's maturity.

[sveumrules]

Agreed. It's pretty easy to line up ten kids and say ok this guy has the best velocity, this guy's got the best curve, this guy's got the best arm, this guy makes the hardest contact and so on.

 

The hard part comes in figuring out what the kids have inside their bodies. How big is their heart? How receptive is their mind?

[brewmann04]

Hope they solve their issues with a possible top 5 pick coming up in 2014.

[dacbrewers]

Great Article...I wish those players the best, especially Lintz.