tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post5217832445356688081..comments2024-03-28T08:29:08.040-07:00Comments on When the Giants Come to Town...: DrB's 2018 Giants Top 50 Prospects: #24 Tyler RogersDrBGiantsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05574563470247927739noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-10631833545848769232018-02-05T18:39:17.260-08:002018-02-05T18:39:17.260-08:00"Maybe Rogers will be the one who finally bre..."Maybe Rogers will be the one who finally breaks through? A guy who could come into a game in the middle innings and get 4-6 groundball outs would do a lot to solidify the bullpen."<br />That exactly capsulizes exactly what the Giants need! And maybe they had it in Crick? <br />Without 3-4 career years, 2018 is Ground Hog Day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-81421253207810837752018-02-04T21:23:10.983-08:002018-02-04T21:23:10.983-08:00Mike McMullin? Never heard of him! The Giants ha...Mike McMullin? Never heard of him! The Giants have had numerous underhanded/low sidearm type pitchers in their system. Just none who got higher than about San Jose.DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-75899511771855138292018-02-04T12:50:16.150-08:002018-02-04T12:50:16.150-08:00Mike McMullen was a submariner the Giants had in t...Mike McMullen was a submariner the Giants had in their system, in the early 00s. Other than Quisenberry in the late 80s, I can't think of any other that they've ever had. Christian Dad At Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17358281259605215171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-20860871623666729032018-02-04T11:18:45.846-08:002018-02-04T11:18:45.846-08:00I think a lot of pitchers fool around with knuckle...I think a lot of pitchers fool around with knuckleballs, but it's a hard pitch to master and not everybody who tries it succeeds.DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-76519805286615035082018-02-04T11:18:07.632-08:002018-02-04T11:18:07.632-08:00Brad Ziegler is a current example.Brad Ziegler is a current example.DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-60049505879764586912018-02-04T10:08:14.809-08:002018-02-04T10:08:14.809-08:00Speaking of novelty, I've wondered why more fa...Speaking of novelty, I've wondered why more failed pitching prospects haven't tried learning the knuckleball. It's helped extend the career of current red sox pitcher Stephen Wright. He felt he had to try something different and knew hitters don't face the knuckle ball pitcher that often.<br /><br />LG Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-83983866824502402018-02-04T07:59:44.231-08:002018-02-04T07:59:44.231-08:00Another pitcher that comes to mind is former A'...Another pitcher that comes to mind is former A's reliever Chad Bradford, who had a nice career.<br /><br />LG Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-80752833856741138412018-02-04T01:23:45.078-08:002018-02-04T01:23:45.078-08:00Back in the 2000's, when Buck Showalter was pu...Back in the 2000's, when Buck Showalter was pushing the D'Backs failed pitching prospects to try it, every team seemed to have at least one of these extreme sidearm/underhand guys in their pen. A big part of what make it successful is the novelty of it, and I think they got overexposed in that decade as hitters figured out how to attack them. Maybe it's become enough of a novelty again that a few of them like Rogers can find success again?DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-6813817851498008042018-02-04T01:21:06.768-08:002018-02-04T01:21:06.768-08:00Rogers is more of a RH version of Javier Lopez onl...Rogers is more of a RH version of Javier Lopez only even more underhanded than him.DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-24011822308564142132018-02-04T01:18:48.949-08:002018-02-04T01:18:48.949-08:00I would say Gearrin is more of a straight siderarm...I would say Gearrin is more of a straight siderarmer whereas Rogers is more underhanded, as in scraping his knuckles on the dirt underhanded.DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-14362142258782149922018-02-04T00:45:04.532-08:002018-02-04T00:45:04.532-08:00I think Rogers is a reliever to keep an eye on. A ...I think Rogers is a reliever to keep an eye on. A sidewinding pitcher can make any bullpen better because they give hitters a different look and if he gets them to hit grounders even better. The Giants already have a sidewinder Cody Gearrin, but maybe another team could trade for him.<br /><br />LG Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-13639543767168511552018-02-03T19:22:44.294-08:002018-02-03T19:22:44.294-08:00I wanted him called up last year. Of course, I th...I wanted him called up last year. Of course, I thing about guys with unusual deliveries... Cueto's shimmy, Bumgarner's sling-shot, Law's turn-his-back, Rogers submarine and the King of Funky Deliveries -- Tim Lincecum and his whatever the hell that was...<br /><br />And there's always the oldies -- Fernando Valenzuela and is 'look to the heavens' wind-up, Marichal's super-high leg kick and Luis Tiant who, like Lincecum, had one of the most bizzare wind-ups ever.MosesZDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12702323080585738748noreply@blogger.com