Baseball America-Alex Reyes

[jkline]

He was pulled from his start. I can't seem to find any info. Anyone know if he's ok?

[jim]

Don't know, but don't panic. This happens all of the time in the AFL with pitchers.

[jkline]

Haha, just a pothead

[Hoot45]

50 game suspension for testing positive for marijuana. Sounds like it won't hurt his development schedule too much, but it's still disappointing for him to lose out on that much live baseball.

[go birds]

red baron over at VEB does not paint a very glowing picture of Alex Reyes.

Rather, my concerns about Reyes are centered around his still-glaring lack of command, the delivery, which I don't like and has gotten worse as he has moved up, in my opinion, and a much more nebulous general lack of athleticism, or perhaps a lack of body command, that I worry will always limit his ability to throw strikes. There's something awkward about watching Alex Reyes move his body on the mound, in spite of the fact he's throwing heat that 99% of the pitchers in the big leagues can't really even hope to approach. There are times watching him I'm forcibly reminded of Daniel Cabrera, the huge, overpowering, hopelessly stiff and mechanical Orioles prodigy from the middle of the last decade. Cabrera had crazy velocity and a dominant breaking ball, and yet never could find a way to properly coordinate his frame and stuff in such a way to achieve the results his stuff would suggest should have been possible.

Player Comp: if things come together for Reyes, Justin Verlander is a possibility, as a high-octane fireballer with a dominant curve to complement the heat, and enough feel to locate his overpowering stuff. On the bad side, though, that Daniel Cabrera comp keeps popping up in my head, as a pitcher who lacked the body control to repeat his mechanics, throw strikes, and perform to the level the unbelievable talent in his arm would suggest should have been possible.

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2016/1/6/10 ... -2016-part

[Jocephus]

we can trade him now?

[jim]

Lack of body command is because he smokes doobies.

[phins]

red baron over at VEB does not paint a very glowing picture of Alex Reyes.

Rather, my concerns about Reyes are centered around his still-glaring lack of command, the delivery, which I don't like and has gotten worse as he has moved up, in my opinion, and a much more nebulous general lack of athleticism, or perhaps a lack of body command, that I worry will always limit his ability to throw strikes. There's something awkward about watching Alex Reyes move his body on the mound, in spite of the fact he's throwing heat that 99% of the pitchers in the big leagues can't really even hope to approach. There are times watching him I'm forcibly reminded of Daniel Cabrera, the huge, overpowering, hopelessly stiff and mechanical Orioles prodigy from the middle of the last decade. Cabrera had crazy velocity and a dominant breaking ball, and yet never could find a way to properly coordinate his frame and stuff in such a way to achieve the results his stuff would suggest should have been possible.

Player Comp: if things come together for Reyes, Justin Verlander is a possibility, as a high-octane fireballer with a dominant curve to complement the heat, and enough feel to locate his overpowering stuff. On the bad side, though, that Daniel Cabrera comp keeps popping up in my head, as a pitcher who lacked the body control to repeat his mechanics, throw strikes, and perform to the level the unbelievable talent in his arm would suggest should have been possible.

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2016/1/6/10 ... -2016-part

There are lots of problems with his Daniel Cabrera comp- not the least of which is Cabrera had issues with his mechanics because he was 6-9. Reyes is 6-1 and quite a bit more athletic.

Reyes' will make-it-or-break-it based on his command as he moves up, but I don't see the Cabrera comp at all. Cabrera never the K numbers that Reyes has, nor did he do the things he's doing at such a young age. He was generally a couple of years older at each level.

I think Reyes could survive in the bullpen right now.

[Padsfs]

I agree with that. Reyes could basically be Tuivailala right now.

[Magneto2.0]

Daniel Cabrera and Alex Reyes basically have nothing in common besides lack of command. Weird comp.

Reyes is one of the most prolific strikeout pitchers you'll ever see, Cabrera put up some pedestrian minor league stats and threw hard.