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Baseball Musings
March 31, 2007
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Joe Christensen touts Twins pitching prospect Jeff Manship.

The Twins stole Manship in the 14th round of last year's draft and convinced him to sign out of Notre Dame. Some scouts think he'll be an even better pitcher than former Notre Dame pitcher (and wide receiver) Jeff Samardzija, whom the Cubs signed for something like a quarter-billion dollars. Manship's stock wasn't as high because he was injured in college, but he threw some eye-opening curve balls and hard fastballs. The Twins plan to start him at Class A Beloit, but my amateur scouting eyes tell me this guy is going to skyrocket through the system, Matt Garza-style.

We'll see if this ship sails.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:57 AM | Players | TrackBack (0)
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Quote from ESPN:

"There were people who were wondering whether Samardzija was really worth that $10 million the Cubs laid out to keep him away from the NFL. Well, after watching him this spring (where he had a 1.80 ERA in three appearances), one scout raved: "Best arm I've seen. Ran his fastball up there in the upper 90s, with an excellent slider. He could pitch up here quick. In fact, they had to get him back to the minor leagues to keep Lou (Piniella) from taking him north."
-Jayson Stark

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Manship compared against Samardzija? Well, I guess it's less ridiculous than comparing him to Liriano.

Posted by: Santos Sorrow at March 31, 2007 03:14 PM

well, i hope that the cubs don't do to samarwhatziz whatever they did to prior.

seems i remember a WHOLE lot of people marking a HOF plaque off for prior bout 4 or 5 years back

Posted by: lisa gray at March 31, 2007 11:25 PM
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