"Transitioning" is a horrible, horrible change.

[Bob Loblaw]

...when it involves a starter who was a top pitching prospect a few years ago switching and transitioning to becoming a bullpen pitcher.

Goodbye investment (and trust me, this is just a small part of my total holdings...).


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[vwnut13]

Just be glad that he isn't going to be in the Tigers' Bullpen.

[hairysasquatch]

Another lesson in pitchers as terrible investments.

[Boo]

I thought this was a thread about Bnut

[LCM1223]

I guess at this point just wait till the Phillies make the postseason? :cool:

[preakness]

Him from the right side
Biddle from the left

[preakness]

Long live Nola

May he stay in the rotation for 12 more years

[JLR0747]

wow to the cards, ouch for the news.

[IronMonkey415]

ouch to everything in this thread.

[base set]

The one hope is the chance they become an elite Closer, I would think, or a dominant Transitional reliever like Andrew Miller - bullpen roles are evolving, these days. Jake Thompson was, iirc, in some deals that also involved Corey Knebel, for example - his cards could well be worth having if he signs in a major baseball card market eventually.

[bdsparty32]

That’s what happens when you “invest” in a guy who’s best case scenario is a back-end starter...Thompson was never really a top prospect to begin with

[RedMikeC]

That’s what happens when you “invest” in a guy who’s best case scenario is a back-end starter...Thompson was never really a top prospect to begin with



Kick a man when he is down, why don't you.

LOL.

[LCM1223]

That’s what happens when you “invest” in a guy who’s best case scenario is a back-end starter...Thompson was never really a top prospect to begin with

Brett Lawrie's signature is not that bad

[webb_jr]

Maybe a family member needs the red and the super to finish the rainbow...?

Trying to be optimistic here. :coffee:

[dasiegel]

Another lesson in pitchers as terrible investments.

Kick a man when he is down, why don't you.

LOL.

It took until post #3 to be like no pitchers, nonononono, lol.

[LVDan]

Im hoping for a reversal of this situation w/ Brewers lefty Josh Hader. A year or 2 as a reliever then he gets unleashed ala Chris Sale to become a dominant left handed starter. Luckily everything I bought was after he already had the "stink" of reliever on him so very low buy-in for rare stuff.

[Bob Loblaw]

That’s what happens when you “invest” in a guy who’s best case scenario is a back-end starter...Thompson was never really a top prospect to begin with

This is the first list I looked at.
http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2015?list=phi

#3 Phillies prospect behind JP Crawford and Appel, ahead of Nick Williams, Jorge Alfaro, Scott Kingery, and Rhys Hoskins.

[rngrdanny22]

That's a bummer man.

Since you're a Phillies fan, what's your thoughts on Eshelman?

[Keyser Soze]

Kick a man when he is down, why don't you.

LOL.


Hard to disagree with him, though. Sometimes the truth stings like a wasp.


EDITED AFTER READING JEFF'S RESPONSE: Maybe you just need to quit prospecting Phillies?

EDITED AGAIN AFTER PONDERING FURTHER: Maybe you should just stop prospecting?

[bdsparty32]

This is the first list I looked at.
http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2015?list=phi

#3 Phillies prospect behind JP Crawford and Appel, ahead of Nick Williams, Jorge Alfaro, Scott Kingery, and Rhys Hoskins.

His peak as a prospect was 2015 pre-season, if I recall correctly he showed up around #50 on a couple pre-season lists, but struggled once the season started and was then flipped to the Phillies as an ancillary piece in the Hamels deal at the deadline, which I’m assuming is when you decided to invest in him. His poor minor league numbers plus the fact he got traded away twice in 2 years should have been a warning sign that you were catching a falling knife so to speak.

[preakness]

Better than reading you decided to do Bruce Jenner transition

[oldgoldy97]

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