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#56919	12/21/2017 1:53:14 pm	Nov 1st, 2034
wickersty Joined: 05/11/2017 Posts: 1002 Deadwood Perambulators II.1	As I've gotten better in BB at identifying talent (or lack of) in players, I've found myself looking at guys that I drafted or signed mid-2032 when I first started and thought were hot stuff and beginning to realize that they're really not so hot at all. Mot of those players I've parted ways with, and at first it was hard to let them go, because I felt like I was making a mistake or that I didn't know that they weren't actually that good, but now it's becoming easier to identify weaknesses and make cuts. Except, I'm having a hard time with Don Gaskins. I drafted him, and he's a LHP starting pitcher prospect. He's a POT 13, with reasonable defensive SI. His Pros: He's a POT 13 He's a starting pitcher He's a got reasonable defensive SI His development pace has been acceptable-to-good He'll probably end up with some real nice Control His Cons: He's a LHP He's got "Throws All Day" He has only one positive pitch comment in his scouting report, and it's a fastball His #1 pitch, fastball, is scouted at only "Pop" His #2 pitch, a curveball, has no scouting report Anyone have any thoughts on the guy? Damn, starting pitching is such a pain in the ass to find, so he's been given a pretty long leash because of that. But..... Updated Thursday, December 21 2017 @ 1:56:01 pm PST

#56920	12/21/2017 2:15:58 pm	Nov 3rd, 2034
cmneal Joined: 05/25/2014 Posts: 33 Bolingbrook Beavers IV.2	IMHO he looks like a decent prospect. I don't think he will ever be a stud but at the very least he will have an ok fastball and great control. You could do worse and I think he will be useful for you. I wouldn't dump him. I'm not sure what the consensus is but him being LH wouldn't bother me. I only take handedness into consideration when comparing two similar prospects in regards to pitching.

#56928	12/21/2017 4:22:46 pm	Nov 4th, 2034
wickersty Joined: 05/11/2017 Posts: 1002 Deadwood Perambulators II.1	Maybe he’s an ideal sp5... I feel like only having a fastball, and just an ok one at that, is a recipe for disaster as a starter. But I guess the idea is pot13 starters don’t grow on trees and ive got to give him the opportunity to fail

#56930	12/21/2017 4:54:03 pm	Nov 4th, 2034
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5199 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	The throws-all-day doesn't bother me. The HRs he's giving up does. I find LHP mercurial. Sometimes its great. Sometimes its awful. Really depends on your opponents in a given season. My less-than-dominant southpaws live and die with the double play. This fella's GB:FB hasn't really settled yet. But I'm concerned. I feel obligated to develop every 13 pot pitcher regardless of the warning signs. If this guy was mine, I would see it through. But there are red flags for sure.

#56931	12/21/2017 5:06:00 pm	Nov 4th, 2034
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9597 Haverhill Halflings III.1	I'd cut bait myself. His HR allowed is pretty horrendous and he has no out pitches. CoS is his weakest pitch. Fastball only lefties have a tendency to give up a lot of HRs, and this guy doesn't even have enough velocity to make up for that deficiency with strike outs. I do consider "pitch all day" to be a read flag on anyone below 14 POT. Gaskins is going to have incredibly high stamina and control. But that comes at a cost of having no out pitches. To me he has too many red flags. I've trained up enough HR machines to be leery of doing it for an edge case guy.

#56968	12/22/2017 7:12:54 am	Nov 4th, 2034
lostraven Joined: 07/02/2016 Posts: 1269 Corvallis Ravens II.1	I'm less forgiving of LHP than others, so do keep that in mind. That said, what others have said holds true. The HR/9 is awful and doesn't look like it will improve. I sound like a broken record, but I'll trot out Dunbar's name again. He's a righty with low movement and stellar everything else, and he's at best a SP5 for me. You have a low-movement lefty with a (so far) career .297 vs. righties? I'd say maybe try making him a bullpen lefty specialist, but he's "throw all day" with only a mediocre FB. If you don't mind him filling a roster spot, by all means, but too many warning flags for my taste.