The AFL Problem With Pitching Prospects

"It's like a one day version of the AFL problem where teams often don't, particularly they're pitching prospects," he says. "How do you develop a guy to throw six seven innings in the majors when he's never getting to do that in the minors?" The Orioles did do something very well by handling Grayson Rodriguez so gingerly with no indication of any arm problem ever,. But if you let that guy go deeper into a lineup, turn it over third time and force him to use different pitches or a different approach, not that likely get out there three times pumping velocity.