Matt Bush Making a Switch (Split from NYC's Weaker Sisters)

[Guest Edgy DC]

New topic: Matt Bush converting from shortstop to pitcher. Discuss.

[metsmarathon]

he's a yankee?

[metirish]

Edgy DC wrote: New topic: Matt Bush converting from shortstop to pitcher. Discuss.

5 feet 10,189 pounds and throws 95 m.p.h,hardly the build of a starting pitcher,interesting tidbit in the NYT article about Bush today,if he fails to make the Major Leagues he will become only the third number 1 pick not to make it..Brien Taylor, chosen by the Yankees in 1991; and Steve Chilcott, chosen by the Mets in 1966.

The move with Bush is not as desperate as it might seem,he was an ace pitcher in high school with three great pitches...

[metsmarathon]

this makes more sense to me...

[Guest OlerudOwned]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/draft/2004-06-07-picks_x.htm

This article, printed right after he was drafted, shows him in action as a pitcher.

I guess the .221/.291/.276 line in the minors prompted this.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The first step is admitting you're a pitcher.

[Frayed Knot]

Haven't read the linked articles, but yeah, he was a two-way threat in HS (as are a number of top players) although I remember all the talk was about drafting him as a SS.
It was also a bit of a 'signability' pick. He was a local kid who agreed to a bonus before draft day even came around.

Sucks to blow those #1 overall picks. Especially when it comes 1 slot ahead of Justin Verlander (2 ahead of Humber)