Fruto profiling well
At least according to David Gassko's "Size Does Matter" article at the Hard Ball Times. Its an interesting read about the historical (since WWII) size of pitchers and their performace. His conclusion is that overweight pitchers historically perform well and hold up better over time.
Obviously no one really profiles overweight pitchers to peform well, I suppose they are more likely to overweight as they age as well. Just curious, other than Fruto are there any pitchers in the organisation that might be considered overweight?
Also an interesting tidbit on the Geology of Mt McLoughlin Volcano in Oregon:
McLoughlin went through three or four stages of development and stopped growing some time before the current glaciation started 25,000 years ago. The first known stage of the volcano's growth was explosive and built a large cinder cone from a single vent that may have reached the unusual height of 3000 feet (~900 meters) and may fill one third of McLoughlin's present interior (a steep-sided pre-existing shield volcano may exist within the cinder cone, thus explaining its extreme height). Some lava is associated with this stage but is confined to the lower parts of the cinder cone (this is common for cinder cones). McLoughlin's second cone-building stage was characterized by large andesite lava flows that poured out of a summit crater and in time buried the cinder cone. The volcano's third stage of development consisted of floods of blocky andesite lava erupting from below the summit and more fluid lavas erupting from basal fissures mostly confined to the south slope. North and South Squaw Tips on McLoughlin's west flank now mark the site of the two major blocky flow vents (there were two smaller vents). The entire third stage is thought to have happened in the Holocene (after the last ice age) due to a general lack of weathering and fresh appearance of the solidified lava.
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Felix isn't exactly slim
Yeah
However, Sir Drunkney Ponson hasn't panned out. David Wells has been up and down and been helped by pitching on many good teams that gave him tons of run support.
I'll have to think about this.
Well, new signing Mike Wagner
Oh, and I haven't seen him, but Inland Empire closer Jose De La Cruz was nicknamed 'the Aircraft Carrier' which doesn't imply that he's skinny...
Not really...
Looks like they have a thing for the Goldeyes. That is where GS52 and Mads came from.
I guess my bro would be considered a big pitcher, even though he has lost some weight.
You seen the picture?
Anyway, I was going to put your brother down, as I remember the first thing the M's said about him after they signed him was that he was pretty big. I remember Jay Buhner (I think) saying he was one biscuit shy of 300lbs. Then I saw him in tacoma, and he looked to be about average (esp. sitting next to Putz, Atchison, and, later, Fruto). Was this the mother of all conditioning regimes, or was the whole weight issue waaaay overblown from the start?
And you're right - the M's getting two pitchers off the Goldeyes roster makes me think of the indie league steal of the century (mads + GS52). I can only hope these guys pan out 1/10th as well as those two.
One more thing...
Let's see, undrafted out of a small school? Check.
From/went to school in Tennessee? Check.
Lefty reliever who annihilates lefties? Well, not to the same degree, but check.
Played for Winnipeg in the indie leagues? check.
I'd be thrilled with the poor man's GS52 in W. Tennessee or Tacoma next year.

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