16 year old baseball phenom on cover of SI...

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Originally Posted by cmoneyr

$50 on this guy being a complete and utter bust and growing up to resent his father for making a stupid decision for him.

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Yeah no kidding. The Nats are going to spend $75-$100 million on two prospects?

A starting pitcher plays about 30 games a year, and a Catcher in the NL will play at most about 75-85% of the games (and that's if they have no injuries)...

They are destined to be screwed for a long time.....

looks like a good prospect, but complete and absolute bull ****, theres no way in hell he hit a 570 foot home run:skeptical:

The measurement of that "570 foot home run" is more than a little questionable.

OK, admittedly I could be wrong on this but I thought I remember hearing that a wooden bat actually hits the ball further but the ball jumps off the bat a lot faster with the aluminum.

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Originally Posted by The_Architect

OK, admittedly I could be wrong on this but I thought I remember hearing that a wooden bat actually hits the ball further but the ball jumps off the bat a lot faster with the aluminum.

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That seems contradictory.

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Originally Posted by ISUboi12

It definately matters what number you wear. There is a reason the numbers 1,2*,3,4,5,7,8,9,10 are all retired to the greatest players of all time.

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Don't forget 13. He will go down like he does every fall, in flames.

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Originally Posted by mtowncyclone

looks like a good prospect, but complete and absolute bull ****, theres no way in hell he hit a 570 foot home run:skeptical:

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Phaedrus was there, just ask him!

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Originally Posted by cmoneyr

That seems contradictory.

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Yeah I'm not sure the correct answer. The ball bounces off the aluminum bat much faster but not necessarily longer than the same pitch/swing hit from the sweet spot of a wooden bat.

OK, looks like I was wrong. The trampoline effect of the aluminum bat carries over to total distance. Aluminum bat wins!

Baseballs Hit With Aluminum Bats Travel Farther: Wood Bats Outperformed by Safety and Cost Benefits | Suite101.com

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Originally Posted by The_Architect

OK, admittedly I could be wrong on this but I thought I remember hearing that a wooden bat actually hits the ball further but the ball jumps off the bat a lot faster with the aluminum.

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I don't know that I've ever seen a conclusive scientific evaluation, but I would think that the aluminum bats tendency to give more and regain it's shape would lend it to hitting the ball farther.

*edit* There you found it...

Willie Ansley hit a 561 foot homer in HS, which was big because it was 1 foot farther than the legendary 560' shot hit by Mickey Mantle (I see now often measured at 565). He was drafted high (Houston in 88) and did absolutely nothing. I don't think he even ever made the majors. Probably wasn't the all around prospect that this kid is, but still, you never know.