The pick is fine. Lets see what he signs for and what they do with the rest of the draft. With the slotting system its impossible to judge one pick. This quote from Johnson makes me worried though: "We really believe in wisdom of crowds" Has that ever been said before?
Has he made some kind of adjustment to his delivery? Is he doing something new? If not his lack of control is a big problem. He is a cool story and can call himself a major leauger for the rest of his life. But if he is not doing something new, he is a likely candidate to be DFA'ed to make room for someone else.
Maybe I have been spoiled by the usual quality on this site but this article feel like something written by a content farm. You dont mention more obvious guys who are on the 40 man like Gordon, Blakenhorn and Raley while Rooker isn't even on the 40 man.
Not sethBut no. Top prospects dont get called up to sit on the bench. They might get called up if a starter goes down for significant time. Guys like Astudillo, Wade, Cave and maybe Gordon (if he is still on the roster) will benefit
Good god man. Just because someone is young and in the leauge does not make them good. His peripherals are bad and he would be a JAG on the AAAA shuttle for the twins.
Position players and wild pitchers rarely get rule 5'ed and if they do they often dont stick. Id say Duran Rio and maybe Jax. If Celestino's glove is good enough some team may take a risk on him as a 4th OF'er but I doubt it. Chalmers walks make him unlikely to stick on a 25 man roster all year.
Do folks think the FO wont try to keep him? Why? I dont have great confidence in the guy but he's a fine #4 or #5 guy. If he could be kept for reasonable amount of $$ and years do it.