A Diamond for the Cubs?
Larry Rothschild has a new project in the form of Thomas Diamond. The Cubs claimed Thomas Diamond off of waivers the other day from the Texas Rangers. He is coming off Tommy John surgery and the Rangers ran out of patience with him. Lets hope the Cubs can be beneficiary of this. Diamond was the 10th overall pick in the 2004 draft by the Texas Rangers. Some big name players that were drafted ahead of him in the first round were Justin Verlander (2nd pick), Jeremy Sowers (6th pick), and players drafted after him were Jered Weaver (12th pick), Billy Butler (14th pick), Stephen Drew (15th pick), Joshua Fields (18th pick), and Philip Hughes (23rd pick). A few years ago he was one of the top pitching prospects for the Rangers with John Danks and Edinson Volquez. He will be added to the 40 man roster and have from now until spring training to rehab and works some things out. Hopefully he will be able to make the club and contribute next season.
3 comments:
Josh Fields and Jeremy Sowers were both huge busts
Josh Fields was actually awesome at college...as a quarterback. How about he and Samardjia stick to their better sports
I was mentioning the big names from that draft class that we actually heard of. Josh Fields and Jeremy Sowers did make a splash in the majors which is something more than the other guys. This Thomas Diamond may end up not even making a name for himself which Josh Fields and Jeremy Sowers did do, even though it isn’t what we want.
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