Greg Pryor (Norman, OK): How good are Robert Stock? Is he a pitcher or catcher? And what about the Card's later picks of Bittle and Kelly? How good are they, injuries aside?
John Manuel: No way you can put injuries aside for Bittle and Kelly. Kelly's more conventional as he throws the snot out of it but he also threw all of 73 IP in college, then 30 more after signing. He needs a lot of experience and there's some real concern over whether or not his body can hold up to how hard he throws. Bittle, personally it seems like his shoulder can't take all the cutters he throws, but I think he's got a chance to be special if it can. Stock hit last summer and is just 20, so if he wants to catch, you let him do that until he stops hitting. It wouldn't shock me to see someone get better after leaving USC these days.
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