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Yep. Except Purke at least was a college dude. Overall, people don't seem to acknowledge the injury risk in drafting 18-year-olds who throw in the upper 90s: a lot of those dudes break, but when they're doing it on a college roster, you haven't wasted a first round pick on them. It also makes the choice harder when Denaburg ages out of the MiLB control years, because he'll still be reasonably young.
He's the type of guy that could be out of the game 5 years then try a comeback like in the movies.
They have swapped stories and advice in West Palm Beach, hanging in the trainer’s room, the weight room or the outfield grass. And Irvin and Barrett have seen a notable change in Denaburg.“When you come out of high school, you may not know adversity in the same way as college guys,” said Irvin, who pitched three years at Oklahoma, in a recent phone interview. “You have only ever dominated, you’re a first-round pick, you get the big bonus. So when Mason first got hurt, with his shoulder, there was more feeling sorry for himself, more asking, ‘Why me?’ Like maybe he didn’t understand why he had to go through this and others didn’t. But that’s stopped now. He is in a really good head space.”“No one wants to start their career the way he has,” Barrett explained in a phone interview. “I mean, no one. But he has gone from being antsy, maybe, to understanding that this is a one-day-at-a time thing. I know it sounds cliche. But with my injuries, I have always tried to go Friday to Friday. Then days become weeks, weeks become months, months become years, and you’re back to where you want to be.“It’s far from easy. I just always tell Mason, ‘You’ll have a chance to tell this story one day, and it’s going to be a great one.’ ”
there was a video of him on twitter throwing a bullpen around the time of the lockout. if he pitches 20 innings in 2022 it's a major W
There's a video of someone purporting to be "Mason Denaburg," perhaps. As of right now, I'm not convinced the dude exists. MLB's prospect profile of him right now says "he was back to throwing off a mound this spring and is still eyeing a return to play in the summer." So, uh, maybe he'll prove his existence by throwing 20 innings. I'll take the under.
Yeah I'm still convinced Denaburg is actually 3 middle schoolers dressed up in a trench coact pretending to be an adult.
Guess who finally pitched last night?It wasn’t pretty: 2+ IP, 4H, 4R, 4ER, 4BB, 1K, WP, 52 pitches, 26 strikes.
I know he is the butt of a joke at this point among Nationals fans, but it's very cool that he is still grinding and trying to get out there through all of his injuries. Still only 22, I hope for his sake he is able to get through a dozen starts this summer and build up
Broadcast was on last night but missed the beginning. Did not realize Joel Hanrahan was the pitching coach there. Maybe he can help.
3 IP, 0H, 3BB, 6Ks tonight.
2⅔ IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 3BB, 4K, HR, WP last night. Fell apart in the third.
WAS RHP Mason Denaburg looking nasty as ever. Struck out 4 in 3 innings today. FB up to 97 MPH per the broadcast. Breaking stuff was working. Really fun arm, awesome to see he’s healthy.
