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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #100 on: September 18, 2024, 10:02:25 pm »
Another dominant start tonight if you aren't following the F-Nats thread.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #101 on: September 19, 2024, 08:45:48 am »
He'll be innings-limited again next year. Got in 85 innings in 20 starts, so figure the target will be around 110 innings. Turns 21 in April.

He was overpowering at Low A. Q for those who track him: was he just doing it with the fastball and slider, or did he use the splitter/ changeup or a 3rd pitch? Control looks good, but I'd expect the K% - BB% of 31 ( :shock: ) to come down once he faces more talented hitters. Scary, but is Spencer Strider a style comp (not saying he's Spencer Strider, but pitch mix, velocity, control...)? He's much bigger than Strider, so there's probably better comps.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #102 on: September 19, 2024, 08:50:54 am »
Goal is to get him and Susana into Double A next year.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #103 on: October 04, 2024, 11:50:54 pm »
Up to 79th on the mlb pipeline.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #104 on: October 05, 2024, 01:06:39 pm »
Age: 20
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Season recap

W-L|IP|GS|ERA|FIP|SO|BB|K%|BB%|WHIP
5-3|85.0|20|2.33|1.87|129|27|39.2%|8.2%|0.91

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #105 on: December 26, 2024, 09:27:41 am »
article on each team's prospect whose stock most improved in 2024 picks Sykora for the Nats:

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Nationals: Travis Sykora, RHP (No. 2/MLB No. 79)
There was a lot to like about Sykora coming out of the Draft, starting with the third-rounder's size at 6-foot-6. But the Texas native proved to be more than just projection in his first full season as he led the Minors (min. 80 IP) with a 39.2 percent strikeout rate for Single-A Fredericksburg. Sykora's 95-98 mph fastball can be a plus-plus pitch while his splitter and slider add to the swing-and-miss. The combination of results and stuff pushed him comfortably into the Top 100.
https://www.mlb.com/news/each-team-s-prospect-whose-stock-improved-most-2024?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage
There's also some nice gifs of Ks in the article.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #106 on: December 26, 2024, 12:10:25 pm »
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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #107 on: December 26, 2024, 12:33:14 pm »
I wonder how much of that swing and miss and K rate continues this year at higher levels.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #108 on: December 26, 2024, 01:50:30 pm »
Will be interesting to see how he does at A+ and hopefully AA this year.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #109 on: December 26, 2024, 07:04:19 pm »
Can’t be any good as we know Rizzo can’t draft pitchers.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #110 on: February 13, 2025, 04:19:56 pm »
Per Rizzo, Sykora has a hip issue and won't pitch in games until May. :(

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #111 on: February 13, 2025, 05:21:57 pm »
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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #112 on: February 13, 2025, 05:45:03 pm »
FWIW, first game last year was 5/1

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #113 on: February 13, 2025, 07:00:04 pm »
Rizzo says Sykora had "minor labrum surgery" on his hip in the offseason.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #114 on: February 13, 2025, 07:03:59 pm »
Yea, he's done

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #115 on: February 13, 2025, 07:53:37 pm »
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #116 on: February 13, 2025, 11:39:11 pm »
FWIW, first game last year was 5/1

He only threw 85 innings last year, probably doesn't do more than that this year.  He also never exceeded 81 pitches per start.  This has become a league wide trend with pitching prospects.  Noah Schultz, a top White Sox prospect threw fewer than 4 innings per start.  Getting these guys to 90-100 pitch starts when they're ready for MLB will take some work.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #117 on: Today at 01:36:49 pm »
Yea, he's done

Hip definitely makes me nervous (I think about Koda Glover), but maybe he's too young to assume the worst?  And his performance didn't seem like it was affecting him negatively, so maybe it really was something minor?  Unless it was a result of offseason conditioning injury, and wasn't something he was dealing with last season?  I'll say I'm worried, but for now am cautiously optimistic that it isn't as bad as it seems?  Does anyone have any additional detail on how scary this might be?

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #118 on: Today at 02:21:49 pm »
If he's having hip issues at 20, he's done.

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Re: Follow the Prospects: Travis Sykora, RHP
« Reply #119 on: Today at 03:11:51 pm »
Hip definitely makes me nervous (I think about Koda Glover), but maybe he's too young to assume the worst?  And his performance didn't seem like it was affecting him negatively, so maybe it really was something minor?  Unless it was a result of offseason conditioning injury, and wasn't something he was dealing with last season?  I'll say I'm worried, but for now am cautiously optimistic that it isn't as bad as it seems?  Does anyone have any additional detail on how scary this might be?

As usual, the team isn't giving out a lot of info, just saying it's "minor", so we have no way of knowing.  That said, most of the pitching injuries this org has had have been downplayed at first.  Last spring the Post did a puff piece on Cade Cavalli saying he was on track to be back in MLB by last May.