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Washington's 100-mph-throwing prospect
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08:18 AM ET 12.28 | Thanks to impact trades over the previous two years, the Nationals' top pitching prospect, for now, is Lucas Giolito. The worst case scenario was that the 6-foot-6, 225-pound right-hander, who still has room to grow, would undergo Tommy John surgery and his development would be set back by a year or two. And that's exactly what happened when Giolito pitched in his first professional baseball game on Aug. 14, lasting only two innings. ... There's always a lot of risk in drafting high school pitchers, especially those with injury history, but the Nationals saw the potential. In a way, the Nationals may benefit from the surgery occurring now. In two years, they will have a 20-year-old, big-bodied pitcher with a rebuilt elbow who once hit 100 mph on the radar gun.
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Does very pitcher in the Nats organization need Tommy John surgery at one point?
DCsFinest
Washington, DC
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The man will turn 20 with no experience and a 100 mph fastball and maybe if he is very lucky you might hear from him in 5 years afterward.
toad
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Unless you correct the faulty mechanics that caused the problem you're going to have to deal with yet more operations in the future.
Yogi-Zen
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There is no guarantee that he will hit 100 mph after surgery. That has been known to take something off a pitcher's fastball.
SportsFun
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Why is this a story?
JNickel101
Gambrills, MD
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does every pitcher needs a surgery every time they do arrive in the nationals franchise??? i mean, more than 4 starters had been under the knife and this rookie prospect wouldn't be the exception!!!
alacran
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likewise,,,
alacran
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so it seems, the nationals are a pushover or they do not have the right people working behind all this rooki pitchers though!!!
alacran
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nationals sended strasburg right away to the butcher,,, zimmerman as well, and now this new guy to the shelf, its there anything durable any more now days??
alacran
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Remember the name. He'll be serving you a Whopper with french fries in a couple of years.
Naked Woman
Beverly Hills , CA
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However, in some cases, the pitcher comes back throwing harder
Kenny_Powers
New York , NY
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Hype, is worth more than the player!!!
Not4Nutten
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Nats! They will be a force for the next 10 years, move aside Yankees and Bosox....your days are past.
Joe Willie
Alexandria , VA
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