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Trea Turner’s professional baseball career turned one year old on Sunday. As a gift, the former Wolfpacker finally got the long-awaited trip he’d bee
[See the full post at: Trea Turner Update]I hope he gets a September cup o’ joe, so I can draft him in one of my simulation leagues. Both my franchises are in dire need of SS help.
Hope he does great and the Nats tank.
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The Pads lost their head Padre today. Glad Turner finally got to his final destination (organization-wise not team-wise; hopefully he doesn’t stay with that particular team long).
It should be known that Carlos Rodon is doing absolutely great in his first year in the bigs too. He was thrown right into the fire and is handling it great.. I’d love to see a SFN post highlighting his MLB successes to date.
But of course the one game that I decided to make time for to sit down and watch he gets absolutely shelled in Pittsburgh, giving up 7 runs and getting yanked in the 3rd inning. I’m really starting to wonder if I’m the source of NC State sheeeyat.
The kid is still carrying a 3-1 W/L record and a respectable 3.75 era for his first season. He gives up a lot of walks but if he can manage to stay healthy he is going to be an ace in a few years. It’s truly a damn share he wears a south side uniform though.. I’d love to see Epstein give him a look.
A Rodon update will happen in the not too distant future. But yeah, in spite of some BB issues as you mentioned, he’s doing absolutely fine and is way ahead of track, that Pitt start notwithstanding. His control issues are improving and when he’s on, he’s still nasty as hell.
Turner is still doing very well since getting to Nats organization as well even though he’s still getting his feet under himself in Harrisburg.
Turner settling in with the Senators
“I didn’t think about [my trade situation] too much,” he said. “My teammates would joke about it with me a little bit, and that made it a little easier. It was fun being over there. I didn’t think about my situation and whether or not they had interest in me or cared for me, I just went out to the park and had fun.”
In those four games with Harrisburg, Turner has alternated 0-for-4 efforts with 3-for-5 games. And the 13th overall pick in the 2014 Draft acknowledged he’s still adjusting.
“I’m still trying to get comfortable,” he said. “Over in San Antonio, for the most part, I felt comfortable. It’s not as much being comfortable with the guys because I feel welcomed and feel good around them and all that. [It’s] getting used to new surroundings and kind of relaxing a little bit. I had a three-hit night the other night and the next I went hitless. It’s not so much if I get the hits or not, it’s if I’m comfortable or not and put good swings on the ball.
“Batting practices are at different times. The routines I got into at San Antonio are a little different. Learning how my coaches work and how my teammates work. Just getting comfortable in my daily routine.”
Despite the uncertainty hanging over him, MLB.com’s No. 52 overall prospect has put together a solid full-season debut, batting .322 with 24 extra-base hits and 15 stolen bases in 62 games between the Texas and Eastern leagues.
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