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First there was Jefferson ✈️...

And then, Jefferson 🚀 ...

And finally, there is Jefferson 🔥 ...

Don't you need somebody to love? Do you believe in Miracles, baby?

Then meet Jefferson Escorcha!, my 19-year-old lefty adoptee from Venezuela.

Jefferson scorched the Appalachian League last season, going 7-1 with a 2.38 ERA in 15 releif appearances, punching out batters like Hell's Angels at Altamont. This after building a city on the broken bats of DSL hitters for 2 seasons.

He's been sureallistically pillowing up near the end of some top prospect lists out there, noting his ability to induce weak-ass contact behind a sizzling curve that leaves hitters finding their way back to the bench.

Jefferson Escorcha!: Ride the Tiger!!

Yeah, he's looking sweeter than Marty Balin's ass, this guy. Good pick.

Best part is that the 2.38 ERA is actually the highest of his career. As a 17-year-old with the DSL Mets 2, he notched a 1.86 ERA in 29 innings. He returned to DSL2 as an 18-year-old, improving to a 1.69 figure in 32 innings.

They bumped him up to at the end of the season to start at DSL1 (the same division but a higher standard of play), and he dropped to 1.42 in 25 1/3 innings.

He gets to skip the Gulf Coast League and it doesn't matter because you see above how he killed it in the Appy League. His WHIPs are so low, I won't publish them, because they'd freak you out as if logic and proportion have fallen slowly dead.

Or... somebody that Brodie will trade for an overpaid 39-year-old infielder.

He's still somebody to love.

Escorchation in Action.

Easy come, easy go.

Finished his pro career with a 15-6 record and a 1.90 ERA.

I'm going to come out and say it: That first post is the best in the history of the Adopt-A-Prospect Forum.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 3:24 pm I'm going to come out and say it: That first post is the best in the history of the Adopt-A-Prospect Forum.

In your humble opinion?
LOL!

Later