Some of us are not ready to give up on the idea that Forrest Whitley is an elite prospect who can help the team in 2019. Okay, maybe just one of us. But as long as I called the DFA of Kemp, against popular opinion, I can indulge myself this exercise in speculation, which according to Jake Kaplan is useless.
Let’s review a bit about Whitley, the 2016, 1st round HS arm out of San Antonio. He pitched 18.2 innings the year he was drafted, and then came into 2017 ready to dominate, which he did across three levels.