What is Reid Detmers' Future? (Potential Overreaction)

[tomsred]

It's so easy to jump to conclusions when you have limited personal data.  Deters is hot and cold, the consistency is not there - yet!  This is probably the case with most young players.  But I really, really like the potential when he gets on a run.  This is someone they shouldn't give up on.

[T.G.]

Will the real Reid Detmers please stand up?

[Taylor]

Dude is like 21 or something. He's going to be inconsistent for a couple years before he settles into his true form.

[T.G.]

4 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Dude is like 21 or something. He's going to be inconsistent for a couple years before he settles into his true form.

He's 24, but yes - he's developing.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Love this kid.  We will find a way to fuck him up. 

[Inside Pitch]

22 hours ago, T.G. said:

Will the real Reid Detmers please stand up?

Typically he stands up for 4 innings, then proceeds to sit down and do a potty in the 5th.

Young pitcher still learning his craft only he's doing it at the MLB level.  He's not one of the problems IMO.

[Inside Pitch]

20 hours ago, T.G. said:

He's 24, but yes - he's developing.

He's 24, but this is his age 23 season.  I know that may seem pedantic but it's how MLB and baseball looks at players and their development curves.

Basically MLB/MiLB uses the players age on July 1st as his "age".

[tdawg87]

41 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Typically he stands up for 4 innings, then proceeds to sit down and do a potty in the 5th.

Young pitcher still learning his craft only he's doing it at the MLB level.  He's not one of the problems IMO.

Reminds me of Lackey. 

[ScottT]

16 hours ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

Love this kid.  We will find a way to fuck him up. 

I don't understand this.  What young players have they fucked up?

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

On 8/11/2023 at 7:12 PM, bloodbrother said:

He's a control over command guy still, who often makes too many bad pitches with 2 strikes(not all strikes are good strikes). Gotta get better at locating and just making better decisions overall. The secondaries are great, the FB velo ticked up but he needs to command it up in the zone consistently to be effective with it.

All of this! The problem has been up on the box Trax or whatever they call it. The top of the strike zone is at the belt! 

And where he needs to locate up in the zone would be chest up as a show or chase pitch. Then go back down with his slider or fastball down and out.

The frustrating part is you see it a handful of starts then he just melts down.  And it looks like he doesn't have a plan at attacking a hitter.

He has the ability and repertoire obviously! He needs to be much more consistent with all of his offerings.

I get the inconsistency due to his early call-up. But, there still has to be consistent growth in his game annually. Currently, the only consistency he has shown is that he's wildly inconsistent.

You would expect some mentorship/leadership of the young guys in the rotation as well from the Veteran Lefties on the team all season those guys would be either Anderson or Moore.