9-News: 41.024 – $50M Kid Crashing In
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 11:58 am
There will be some among us, we know, who will be shocked that the idea of spending $50M on a 16-year-old pitcher is likely a bad idea.
It was said that one young catcher had his glove bronzed after using it to block a Slippery Pete pitch in the dirt because “that’s never going to happen again.”
Romero’s control was just that good, right?
Given this report, we suppose it isn’t that surprising that GM Ron Collins woke up one morning and said “I need Pete a lot more than I need $50M of Bo Jordan’s money.”
WE KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING, RIGHT?
I mean, two seasons ago, the team threw mega-cash at one Kazuki Ojima, who proceeded to nose-dive into the briny deep as soon as you could say “dumpster fire.”
Scouts today returned from a trip to the club’s complex with dour faces and short-lipped answers to questions, but leaks from inside team headquarters say that the team’s baseball people have already down-graded expectations of Slippery Pete’s stuff and movement by a notch each, and have tightened up the control belt by double that.
In other words, Alberto Romero has yet to throw a competitive pitch, and he’s already gone toward prospect pedestrian.
Romero himself had no time to comment, as he was off to his mani-pedi appointment, and was then to meet with his Uncle Diaz, who was reported to be exploring investment opportunities along the French Riviera.