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Hacksaw’s Great Sports Weekend Podcast
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‘CLEANING OUT A BUSY NOTEBOOK’
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PADRES…Quite a week…the AJ Preller extension and the 1-year low cost rentals to sign all these pitchers..Preller’s wheeling-dealing, though expensive, has made San Diego a destination point for late signing free agents with something to prove.
NICK CASTELLANOS…Will need an attitude readjustment, not to be an everyday starter, but more likely an everyday DH or platoon guy. He hit 250 HRs, but that was in the cozy confines of a HR hitting paradise in Cincinnati and Philadelphia.
TY FRANCE…Homecoming for ex Aztec…Now a multi position guy who can play 1B-2B-3B, has hit for average in the past, with a little bit of pop in bat too…See how he holds up as a part time player, but an insurance policy guy.
WALKER BUEHLER…A firebrand of a starter, who was vibrant before he suffered his first elbow injury and then fought back and was pretty fierce post-surgery before running out of gas and getting hurt again. What he did the first half of the season in Boston last year, after the second surgery, was impressive too, then he hit a wall. He finished strong in Philadelphia and learned some different off season training techniques. He could be a lottery ticket acquisition.
GRIFF CANNING…Was a decent back of rotation starter for the Angels, changed his repertoire and arm slot with the Mets and had a really solid season till he went down with an Achilles injury. Totally healthy, we see if he can repeat what he did in NY.
GERMAN MARQUEZ…Was a workhorse starter for the Rockies, then had forearm-elbow surgery…Had a strong mid season of starts then a setback late in the season…A (3-16) record on an awful team does not tell the story of his abilities if he is totally back healthy. Wait and see.
MARCO GONZALEZ…Pitched pretty well in Seattle before the forearm surgery…Sat out a year and will comeback hoping to be a crafty-lefty…Only time tells here.
TRISTAIN MC KENZIE…Part of a bunch of young arms Cleveland developed…Some panned out…Some flashed…Some got hurt…He is part of all that…Electric stuff when he ffirst broke in, then health, control, maybe maturity problems…Still has live arm, has added a slider, and we see if he can reclaim what he was just 3-years ago in Cleveland.
Play ball-let’s see where this goes.
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