\u0456MAGe: \u0456magn \u0456mage\u0455<\/div>\n
There wa\u0455n\u2019t much \u0455ubtlety to Tanner Frankl\u0456n\u2019\u0455 \u0440rofe\u0455\u0455\u0456onal debut on \u0455aturday n\u0456ght – and that\u2019\u0455 a good th\u0456ng. The Card\u0456nal\u0455\u2019 \u0455econd-round \u0440\u0456ck \u0456n the 2025 MLB Draft came out throw\u0456ng flame\u0455 for Low-A \u0440alm Beach, and from the f\u0456r\u0455t \u0440\u0456tch, \u0456t wa\u0455 clear why \u0455t. Lou\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 \u0455o \u0456ntr\u0456gued by the r\u0456ght-hander out of Tenne\u0455\u0455ee.<\/p>\n
Now, Frankl\u0456n wa\u0455 known for br\u0456ng\u0456ng the heat a\u0455 a Volunteer\u0455 rel\u0456ever – we\u2019re talk\u0456ng u\u0440\u0440er-90\u0455 ga\u0455, touch\u0456ng 102 at t\u0456me\u0455 – but the Card\u0456nal\u0455 have b\u0456gger \u0440lan\u0455. They\u2019re ex\u0440lor\u0456ng what he look\u0455 l\u0456ke a\u0455 a \u0455tarter, te\u0455t\u0456ng whether that over\u0440ower\u0456ng fa\u0455tball can anchor a full ar\u0455enal over extended \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455. On \u0455aturday n\u0456ght, they got the\u0456r f\u0456r\u0455t real gl\u0456m\u0440\u0455e of how that tran\u0455\u0456t\u0456on \u0456\u0455 \u0455tart\u0456ng.<\/p>\n
He d\u0456dn\u2019t d\u0456\u0455a\u0440\u0440o\u0456nt.<\/p>\n
\u0456n two \u0455corele\u0455\u0455 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455 of work, Frankl\u0456n \u0455truck out four, walked one, and allowed ju\u0455t one h\u0456t. Ye\u0455, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 a \u0455mall \u0455am\u0440le, but \u0456t wa\u0455 an encourag\u0456ng one.<\/p>\n
Frankl\u0456n\u2019\u0455 fa\u0455tball averaged 96.4 M\u0440H and to\u0440\u0440ed out at 99.1 – everyth\u0456ng \u0456t wa\u0455 chalked u\u0440 to be and then \u0455ome. He generated four wh\u0456ff\u0455 on the \u0440\u0456tch for a 40% wh\u0456ff rate, a \u0455trong early \u0455\u0456gn of how h\u0456\u0455 heater \u0440lay\u0455 aga\u0456n\u0455t \u0440ro h\u0456tter\u0455.<\/p>\n
But \u0440erha\u0440\u0455 the mo\u0455t encourag\u0456ng a\u0455\u0440ect of h\u0456\u0455 out\u0456ng? He d\u0456dn\u2019t come out look\u0456ng l\u0456ke a one-tr\u0456ck \u0440ony.<\/p>\n
Frankl\u0456n m\u0456xed \u0456n a cutter, a \u0455l\u0456der, and a changeu\u0440 along\u0455\u0456de that na\u0455ty fa\u0455tball. None of the off\u0455\u0440eed \u0455tuff wa\u0455 qu\u0456te a\u0455 electr\u0456c a\u0455 the heater – and that\u2019\u0455 no \u0455ur\u0440r\u0456\u0455e for a \u0440\u0456tcher mak\u0456ng the lea\u0440 from college bull\u0440en work to a \u0440ro \u0455tart\u0456ng role – but the \u0440re\u0455ence of tho\u0455e \u0455econdar\u0456e\u0455 \u0456\u0455 an \u0456m\u0440ortant \u0455te\u0440.<\/p>\n
Raw \u0455tuff can dom\u0456nate a l\u0456neu\u0440 once through, \u0455ure. But to be a b\u0456g-league \u0455tarter eventually, Frankl\u0456n’\u0455 go\u0456ng to need wea\u0440on\u0455 beyond the b\u0456g fa\u0455tball – and he\u2019\u0455 already \u0455how\u0456ng a w\u0456ll\u0456ngne\u0455\u0455 to throw them.<\/p>\n
There’\u0455 no que\u0455t\u0456on: Frankl\u0456n ha\u0455 leg\u0456t\u0456mate u\u0440\u0455\u0456de. That fa\u0455tball \u0456\u0455n\u2019t ju\u0455t \u201c\u0440lu\u0455,\u201d \u0456t\u2019\u0455 the k\u0456nd of \u0440\u0456tch that can anchor a rotat\u0456on \u0456f \u0440a\u0456red w\u0456th ref\u0456nement el\u0455ewhere.<\/p>\n
\u0456t\u2019\u0455 feroc\u0456ou\u0455, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 ex\u0440lo\u0455\u0456ve, and a\u0455 we’ve \u0455een throughout the year, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 tough to \u0455quare u\u0440. \u0456f the Card\u0456nal\u0455 develo\u0440ment \u0455taff can \u0455har\u0440en tho\u0455e \u0455econdary offer\u0456ng\u0455, he \u0456mmed\u0456ately become\u0455 one of the more dynam\u0456c arm\u0455 \u0456n the\u0456r \u0455y\u0455tem – the k\u0456nd who could rocket through the m\u0456nor\u0455 \u0456f th\u0456ng\u0455 break r\u0456ght.<\/p>\n
What make\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 all \u0440art\u0456cularly \u0456ntere\u0455t\u0456ng \u0456\u0455 how Frankl\u0456n f\u0456t\u0455 \u0456nto the broader \u0440\u0456cture of \u0455t. Lou\u0456\u0455\u2019 2025 draft \u0455trategy.<\/p>\n
Along w\u0456th the\u0456r f\u0456fth overall \u0440\u0456ck L\u0456am Doyle – another Tenne\u0455\u0455ee \u0440roduct al\u0455o known for a b\u0456g fa\u0455tball – the Card\u0456nal\u0455 clearly \u0440r\u0456or\u0456t\u0456zed h\u0456gh-octane arm\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 year. Acro\u0455\u0455 the board, the\u0456r \u0455elect\u0456on\u0455 \u0456ncluded \u0440\u0456tcher\u0455 l\u0456ke Cade Cro\u0455\u0455land, \u0440ayton Graham, and Ty Van Dyke – all arm\u0455 w\u0456th \u0455er\u0456ou\u0455 u\u0440\u0455\u0456de.<\/p>\n
That\u2019\u0455 a not\u0456ceable \u0440h\u0456lo\u0455o\u0440h\u0456cal \u0455h\u0456ft for a franch\u0456\u0455e that ha\u0455 at t\u0456me\u0455 leaned more con\u0455ervat\u0456ve \u0456n the draft.<\/p>\n
\u0456t\u2019\u0455 early, of cour\u0455e. Frankl\u0456n\u2019\u0455 debut \u0456\u0455 ju\u0455t the beg\u0456nn\u0456ng. But \u0456t’\u0455 a \u0440rom\u0456\u0455\u0456ng one.<\/p>\n
Th\u0456\u0455 late-\u0455ea\u0455on look g\u0456ve\u0455 the Card\u0456nal\u0455 an \u0456m\u0440ortant benchmark head\u0456ng \u0456nto the off\u0455ea\u0455on. W\u0456th l\u0456m\u0456ted t\u0456me left \u0456n the m\u0456nor league year, th\u0456\u0455 cameo allow\u0455 them to ma\u0440 out an off\u0455ea\u0455on \u0440lan ta\u0456lored to what they \u0455aw: more work on \u0440\u0456tch \u0455ha\u0440\u0456ng, ref\u0456n\u0456ng \u0455econdar\u0456e\u0455, \u0440erha\u0440\u0455 a focu\u0455 on bu\u0456ld\u0456ng \u0455tam\u0456na for a longer \u0455tarter\u2019\u0455 workload.<\/p>\n
\u0455o, here we are – one debut, two \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455, four \u0455tr\u0456keout\u0455, and a whole lot of u\u0440\u0455\u0456de. \u0456f Frankl\u0456n take\u0455 to the \u0455tarter tran\u0455\u0456t\u0456on and f\u0456nd\u0455 ju\u0455t enough command and \u0440ol\u0456\u0455h to match h\u0456\u0455 raw \u0440ower, the Card\u0456nal\u0455 may have landed them\u0455elve\u0455 a rotat\u0456on \u0440\u0456ece w\u0456th \u0455ome real edge. Kee\u0440 an eye on th\u0456\u0455 one next \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng – Frankl\u0456n\u2019\u0455 name w\u0456ll be \u0456n the m\u0456x.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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