Well said. I’m genuinely curious for those who are high on Sproat if they genuinely like what they’ve seen, or if it’s just a regurgitation of what else has been said.
Sproat’s fastball isn’t particularly impressive at least from what I’ve seen. The velocity is there but it’s a flat pitch that plays less than the actual velocity and lacks movement. When he doesn’t command it, which is often, it gets hit hard.
The secondary stuff is a deep pitch mix, and some of it is okay, particularly the sweeper but there’s nothing in his arsenal that stands out well enough that makes me believe he’s going to be special.
He does okay in spurts when everything is working just right and then we’re right back to the command problems.
I understand that the Brewers would know better than me and there’s always a chance with what they do they can turn this guy around. But they are not infallible and I guess for me, I just don’t see anything more than hopefully a guy who can be a future regular at the back end of a rotation.