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Hochevar, Reyes, finding the next Gavin Floyd

By Eric Karabell

Friday, August 15, 2008

I didn't really believe in Gavin Floyd, a fact I readily admit. It's not because I was angry with him for failing with my hometown Phillies after being the fourth overall pick in the 2001 draft. He simply didn't look like he had the makeup to be a winner. I didn't like his strikeout rate, the choices he was making on the mound and how he reacted to failure. Like the Phillies, I questioned if he had the stuff a former first-round draft pick should have. I welcomed the trade to the White Sox, even ...

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