Rangers pitching coach Doug Brocail heard the complaints. Even before he joined the staff in November 2015, Brocail knows the club had been accused of rushing their minor league pitching prospects through the system.
How fair or not the assertion, Brocail doesn’t want to do that with right-hander Connor Sadzeck.
The 6-foot-7, hard-throwing 25-year-old started 23 games for Double A Frisco in 2016, striking out 130 batters in 140 2/3 innings.
Why rush a kid like this? Let’s get it right. Let’s not get it wrong.
Rangers’ pitching coach Doug Brocail on Connor Sadzeck
Brocail was ecstatic with the progress he saw in Sadzeck after watching him throw his first bullpen of the spring.