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Ty Lang
If Dan Klein (3rd round) didn’t have to retire due to injury he would of been a major league pitcher. He had a 0.93 era with a 0.802 WHIP while striking out over 10 per 9 innings in his brief minor league career.
Would of been a dynamic relief pitcher had his arm not blown out several times. That would of made that draft look a lot better for the O’s, but you can do worse than one player like Machado in a draft… much worse.
basemonkey
I appreciate what you’re trying to say, but I’m not sure if you can necessarily say he was a sure fire majorleague reliever.
I appreciate Klein’s talent, but most established MLB relievers were actually starters in the minors. And, in spite of Klein’s talent, he never really got off long sustained runs in any role in the minors. All his stats are really sample sizes.
Ty Lang
It was well known in the industry that he would be a relief pitcher as the pros (he was a closer in college). I don’t know if you ever saw him but his stuff was electric.