Meyer supposedly has a snappy slider.  It didn't look better than average when he was up last year.  He supposedly has a 98 mph fastball.  94 when he came up.  He used to be all K's and BB's.  Now they crush him all over the field.  I wonder if his stuff is the same after the shoulder problems.  With the stuff he has now, his best chance is to dial it down, refine the command, work on the change up, and stay in the rotation.  If he doesn't have it by the end of the season.  Start working on knuckleball.

 

Andrew Brackman, Chris Young, Jeff Niemann, Doug Fister, et. al. would beg to differ

 

And Dellin Betances (6-8), Harang (6-7), Wainwright (6-7), Pineda (6-7)

 

http://www.therichest.com/sports/baseball-sports/top-10-tallest-mlb-players-in-2014/?view=all

If Meyer is gonna start the season in the minors I'd like to see him get one more shot at starting. For a team with no true ace he's the guy who has the potential to be that. They've already moved may to the pen which I also disagree with. He can't move all of the power arms to the pen just to keep space for tommy milone and co.

I'm so far down on Meyer, I don't care what they do with him. He can't throw strikes, can't repeat his delivery and only had one stretch if baseball that justified a high rating (and he looked terrible in the all star game that year).

 

I don't get why people are so hung up on him at this point. Let him move into relief and try to provide value now. You all are worried about Perkins and jepsen in front of him yet still cling to the irrational thought he could be an ace. That is over. The Randy Johnson comparison is ridiculous.

At this point, he is being passed on the prospect starting scale by Gonsalves, Jay and ever Stewart. He might be able to hang onto a longman position. The good news is that if the Twins can develop him as a reliever he will be a fairly cheap addition to the bullpen for the next 3-5 years. Does he have closer potential, that is a question.