My son who played summer ball with Rosie back when summed it up this way….best thing that may have happened to Trevor was getting drafted in the 21st round. We all knew his talent was much better than that and Trevor did too. So he got that chip firmly attached to his shoulder, and poked his nose to the grindstone. As to getting dissed by guys like Goldstein, his response is that he doesn’t give a flip what they think. The only opinions that matter to him are his coaches and his Organization…..that’s two feet firmly affixed to the ground folks.

That Goldstein recognizes him as a prospect is fine. We’ve all known that for the better part of two years. That Goldstein ruefully pronounced such a severe limitation exposes the soft underbelly of “scouting.com”…. I’m betting that Lilliquist would have a good chuckle at Goldstein’s expense after that prediction.

I really believe that only injuries could make Goldstein look smart about this. Here’s hoping for good health.

In a sense, I think he’ll come out of this more prepared than last year’s Shelby to move on. He’s paid the price developing his repetoire in Quad Cities. This year he spends developing his secondaries and refining the mix.

The scouts are in for a rude awakening.

What I’m interested in is the stat differntial for Miller between last year and this year. He has gotten the message to throw a better mix of pitches now. If he matches last year’s stats with a better mix, then he will most definitely be the ace we expect him to be.