[fullmetal]

From David Lombardi's twitter feed:

Mark Appel developed cut down on walks, increased strikeouts behind improved slider and a 3rd plus pitch, the changeup, this year….

Essentially, Mark Appel executed return to school perfectly: earned Stanford degree, improved, potentially picked up ~$4 million more.

Doesn't get any better than that, baseball postseason run notwithstanding.  What a run.  Plus the Stanford strikeout record.  Congrats to Mark, and I look forward to seeing him lift the Astros out of their current predicament!

[fullmetal]

From David Lombardi's twitter feed:

Mark Appel developed cut down on walks, increased strikeouts behind improved slider and a 3rd plus pitch, the changeup, this year….

Essentially, Mark Appel executed return to school perfectly: earned Stanford degree, improved, potentially picked up ~$4 million more.

Doesn't get any better than that, baseball postseason run notwithstanding.  What a run.  Plus the Stanford strikeout record.  Congrats to Mark, and I look forward to seeing him lift the Astros out of their current predicament!