Javier Guerra

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Apparently the former Sox shortstop prospect is being converted to a pitcher by the Padres. In his first bullpen session, he threw multiple pitches that are clocked at 100mph...

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Apparently the former Sox shortstop prospect is being converted to a pitcher by the Padres. In his first bullpen session, he threw multiple pitches that are clocked at 100mph...

 

Not one of them was over the plate, but still, a promising sign.

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Not one of them was over the plate, but still, a promising sign.

 

 

It’s easier to learn control than to learn to throw 100mph. Throwing 100mph all over the place already makes him Brian Ellington...

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It’s easier to learn control than to learn to throw 100mph. Throwing 100mph all over the place already makes him Brian Ellington...

 

Sam McDowell

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Sam McDowell

 

 

I’m a tad hesitant to compare one bullpen session from Javier Guerra to Sudden Sam, who was a six time All Star whose career put him in the top ten for career K/9 and fewest H/9 and had one no-hitter to his credit...

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I’m a tad hesitant to compare one bullpen session from Javier Guerra to Sudden Sam, who was a six time All Star whose career put him in the top ten for career K/9 and fewest H/9 and had one no-hitter to his credit...

 

I was just referencing the struggles he had locating his fastball early in his career. I read a good biography of him a long long time ago.

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I was just referencing the struggles he had locating his fastball early in his career. I read a good biography of him a long long time ago.

 

Ellington is probably an apt comparison.

 

The interesting facet might be that former shortstop Guerra might have a chance down the road to become a closer, since for some reason, is a role failed shortstops seem to succeed in, including Trevor Hoffman, Rafael Betancourt, and Joe Nathan...