Hitting Guidry

He needs to be really accurate with the stuff he has. When he misses, it’s a meatball.

Guidry is going the way of matty ott.
Shame. Kid is likely a bust. But i wouldnt trade any of last year, so its a fair tradeoff

Turns out 1 pitch, even a very effective one, aint enough to survive in the SEC. Who would have thunk it

Unfortunately, I saw this coming. Nuts > stuff can only work for so long. I knew after the league had seen him for a full year, his 2nd time through would be much more difficult. I still don't think he's this bad, though, and can have a role, but like others have pointed out, he just has zero room for error with what he throws. Nobody has to respect his fastball, and they can just sit off-speed. So, a cutter doesn't cut, a slider hangs, and they get pounded into the bleachers.

I do think his development has been stunted by injury. I think it's kept him from putting on some weight, which would help tremendously. With his frame, he should be able to put on a solid 15-20 pounds. Unfortunately, I don't know that he's healthy enough to put in the work in the gym that that would require. You've got to move heavy weight to gain significant weight, and I think (his back?) injury from high school still lingers a bit and moving that kind of weight puts him at significant risk of re-injury.

Guidry was a bit of a mirage last season. He gave up 3 home runs in Omaha.

Guidry should be a short stop. I like his attitude as a closer, but I am not sure his stuff is nasty enough to match the confidence.

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He doesn’t have enough velocity to make it meaningful to sit anything but breaking ball.

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He threw 5 straight sliders to Moore, with Moore fouling off 4 before he adjusted his timing. The 6th straight went straight out of that cat litter of a sandbox UT calls a ball field