Conor Angel's unusual path to being drafted aided by former UL pitching aces

[Dad04]

This is how I see it and from all available information and parties involved is probably an accurate evaluation of the situation.

The only other person he could have added to his team was Buddy.

I can't think of any Cajun pitcher
with better stuff. He cruises upper 90's with crazy movement. Farquhar pushed 100, but not before he turned pro. That is big league stuff all day. The delivery needed refinement to add command, which apparently has improved enough for Tampa to make the investment.

At 6-6 pushing 100 mph, he will need to prove more than once he can't pitch.

Tons of pitchers add velocity after they turn pro too. Scary to think. Conor is not a max effort guy either. There might be more in there.

[ManAboutTown]

I can't think of any Cajun pitcher
with better stuff. He cruises upper 90's with crazy movement. Farquhar pushed 100, but not before he turned pro. That is big league stuff all day. The delivery needed refinement to add command, which apparently has improved enough for Tampa to make the investment.

At 6-6 pushing 100 mph, he will need to prove more than once he can't pitch.

Tons of pitchers add velocity after they turn pro too. Scary to think. Conor is not a max effort guy either. There might be more in there.

All of this. But I will say, like Z said, the worry is his willingness to push through.

[Dad04]

All of this. But I will say, like Z said, the worry is his willingness to push through.

That's the case for every player. Nobody gets to MLB and sticks because somebody else thinks they belong there.

The mental game is the other side of the coin. If he can develop the command to the point he knows the other team has no chance, then he will be fine.

To get there he will likely fail and need to pick himself up to go again, learning as he goes.

The Dominicans succeed because failure is not an option. They grow up in dirt floor huts. They have no Plan B.

[JMV JustMyView]

That's the case for every player. Nobody gets to MLB and sticks because somebody else thinks they belong there.

The mental game is the other side of the coin. If he can develop the command to the point he knows the other team has no chance, then he will be fine.

To get there he will likely fail and need to pick himself up to go again, learning as he goes.

The Dominicans succeed because failure is not an option. They grow up in dirt floor huts. They have no Plan B.

They also have card board gloves.

[Cajunrunner]

Before you think that’s a knock on him, I was an elite level athlete with the work ethic of a snail. The mental game is what separates the majority of collegiate/elite level athletes from professional athletes.

Sometimes when you're 18-20 years old, there needs to be a culture too.

I'd say in your case, and no knock at all to CL because he tried to hold that culture at his age and fight other battles without much help, there needed to be more accountability and a sense of urgency. It wasn't there. AT ALL.

So much more in my thoughts about that...but it is what it is. Now two decades ago.

[cajun4life]

Sometimes when you're 18-20 years old, there needs to be a culture too.

I'd say in your case, and no knock at all to CL because he tried to hold that culture at his age and fight other battles without much help, there needed to be more accountability and a sense of urgency. It wasn't there. AT ALL.

So much more in my thoughts about that...but it is what it is. Now two decades ago.

Very true