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Originally Posted by stevem810
This guy looks like gold. Huge loss.
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Yeah, his potential is incredible. Could be a dominant ace. But as I recall even when he was drafted out of college he was considered a fragile pitcher. He was clearly the best player in the draft but also a risky pick by Charlotte.
He has had a series of injuries in his professional career but many of them were of a short duration and involved back issues or foot (ankle and heel) problems. He did suffer a torn labrum in July of 1971 when he was in AA which put him out of commission for 5 months. But this is his first arm injury since then.