Daniel McCutchen

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You guys may have heard of this guy from last yr. He was a 2006 draft pick, highly regarded at the time who started out well in the NY Penn league and then was suspended for 50 games. His suspension was due to testing positive for ritalin. Apparently he is ADHD but failed to run his medication through the team at the time of signing and he tested positive in the piss test. Either way, the kid has been dynamite since his suspension.

 

Essentially, he is a 24 yr old, tall, power armed kid who possesses a very solid sinker/slider combo. He sounds very similar to Masterson on your side and many people project him to be a middle reliever as well.

 

Well, McCutchen started out the yr in A+ ball with Tampa, where he went 11-2 with a 2.50ERA. Surprisingly, his GO/AO was only 1.13 and his K rate was suboptimal in the 6 per 9IP range. But since his promotion to AA