Quote:THANK YOU!!!

 

This is the type of stuff I was looking for. 

 

I was just curious, because his numbers were very good in the minors, but he also didn't have many innings pitched.....I had assumed it was because he just moved up so quickly in the minor league ranks. But thats where the curious part comes in - because for someone so impressive as a minor league pitcher as he was, he wasn't even ranked within the top 100 prospects from Baseball America or similar outlets. Thats highly unusual for someone that was producing as well as he was. 

 

Now, given the above, some light is starting to be shed.

They do those rankings more on potential and tools than production. Maybe Wood added another pitch to his arsenal after he was drafted.


Using Rays as examples, James Shields and Alex Cobb had very good minor success, but were really never thought of as more than mid rotation types at best. Shields added a curve and cutter and has become a top of the rotation starter. Ditto with Cobb, who actually got his curveball from Shields.

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