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the Giants intend to try Dashenko Ricardo, a catcher they plucked from the Orioles system, as a pitcher

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Pitching is a part of his training for his match with Rocky.

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by say hey nation on Dec 10, 2010 12:32 PM PST up reply actions  

Dashenko Adriano Ricardo

wow

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by jctGamer on Dec 10, 2010 3:23 PM PST up reply actions  

If they're related

He’d be Rocky Ricardo

I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.

by IanRogue on Dec 10, 2010 10:29 PM PST up reply actions  

Anybody know

Where this guys arm grades on the scouting scale.
“And so the hall of fame pitching career of Dashenko Ricardo began”

Brandon!
Belted deep to right-center field!

by Vaccaro on Dec 10, 2010 3:42 PM PST via mobile reply actions  

He reportedly had a good throwing arm

But couldn’t hit at all

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by Gobroks on Dec 10, 2010 6:25 PM PST via mobile up reply actions  

This actually makes sense...

I remember seeing the guys slash line and wondering why the heck they got him.

"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."

by Ceora on Dec 10, 2010 10:44 PM PST reply actions  

This guy couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat.

His CS% numbers are pretty pedestrian, too. There’s no real way of telling, but I’m pretty sure the Giants don’t have much to work with. I guess he could hide in the back of the bullpen in Richmond for a whole year, but that seems like a stretch. Awesome name, though.

by garbanzo24 on Dec 10, 2010 11:15 PM PST reply actions  

There’s no real way of telling, but I’m pretty sure the Giants don’t have much to work with.

So you don’t think they scouted him before coming up with this plan?

The thong is, it happened.

by Goofus on Dec 11, 2010 2:10 AM PST up reply actions  

I’m sure they did, but on the other hand, if they took one look at his name and said, “sign that guy! I don’t care the cost!” I wouldn’t blame them one bit.

by Monkeyking42 on Dec 11, 2010 8:43 AM PST up reply actions   2 recs

He's a low-risk guy, and I'm sure he has a little upside.

With that said, I was just pointing out that we can’t really expect much from him.

by garbanzo24 on Dec 12, 2010 11:22 AM PST up reply actions  

I'm just saying

Looking up his hitting numbers and CS% will tell you about as much about his prospects of converting to a pitcher as looking up his dental records.

If they grabbed him and immediately announced they’re going to try converting him, there has to be something they saw in his throwing motion they liked. Perhaps he was slow to get rid of the ball, but they clocked his throws at 95mph. That’s what happened with Rodriguez and the Dodgers if I remember the story correctly

The thong is, it happened.

by Goofus on Dec 12, 2010 5:38 PM PST up reply actions  

Yeah, you're right.

I looked at CS% very well aware of their uselessness, but I didn’t have much to go off of.

by garbanzo24 on Dec 12, 2010 8:51 PM PST up reply actions  

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