If you've been reading and following my tweets, you've heard me throw around a prospect that we are (likely pending any surprise last second changes) getting from the Mariners, Phillippe Aumont.
Granted, he is a work in progress and is not as close as majors ready as Kyle Drabek is, but he was good enough (and/or just available) to represent Canada in the World Baseball Classic in March of this year. Well, he got a chance to actually pitch in the WBC and in one inning, he faced in consecutive order David Wright, Kevin Youkilis, and Curtis Granderson. The following is the last pitch of each of the at bats.
A weak liner to short by Wright, a strike out of Youk, and a strike out of Curtis Granderson.
Yeah, we got this guy in addition to the best pitcher in baseball. I may love him already.
Granted like I said, from everything I've read he still has a ways to go before he is big league ready, but if he can handle his control problems and work his way up the farm system, the potential his there as he is huge, as an excellent mid to upper 90s fastball, and folks, breaking balls don't get any more filthier than that.
In a year or 2, I would not be surprised if he is the guy that ultimately ends up replacing Brad Lidge.
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