The newest Chicago Cub phenom
June 5, 2008 at 4:33 pm | In My opinions |With their first pick in the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft, the Chicago Cubs have selected….Andrew Cashner. A 6′5″ right-handed pitcher from Texas Christian University. I have no idea who he is, but his draft info is pretty impressive, as you can see in this snippet from MiLB.com
“A move to a short-relief role has suited Cashner extremely well. As TCU’s closer, he’s been virtually unhittable, though he has struggled with his command. He’s had a big spike in velocity, up to the upper 90s to go along with a very good slider. College closers have become intriguing Draft picks over the past few years and Cashner has positioned himself to be one of the first taken.”
The most amazing thing to me is the fact that I cannot find 1 single baseball card adorned by Mr. Cashner. Hell, I had to search just find this picture.
If you’d like to see Andrew in action, take a look.
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I would say the cubs got a pretty good guy, the problem is that many of them wont go anywhere, despite being a first rounder. Look at the first rounds in the past, its amazing how few of these guys actually make it to the show.
Comment by Gellman — June 8, 2008 #
This guy will make it to the show.. it may take time, but he will
Comment by randy — September 24, 2008 #