OHL4Life
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In Baier's case he was drafted as a 17 year old last year in the 10th,wound up having a monster year in JrB, wasn't going to be the backup last year with it being a run year anyway, Stevenson was injured last year so he missed camp,he looked impressive in his rookie camp,he was a late born,so combined with the injury and late birthday it's like a 2nd year to me,besides since he was here in 2015, he was 168 lbs,he is now 205 lbs, physical maturity matters too.
As Sirman another late birthday guy Nov/99 appears to have found his game,is stronger then before,has surprised me,though I thought he had a real strong rookie camp.
With the absence of drafted players from last year 1,3,5 ,7,8,9, it doesn't bother me that late birthday guys make it.
I agree. all I ask is let's not pretend they are here because they beat out other great players, they are here because we have nothing else, and odds are when we are set to go again, they will have moved on. Stevenson i think could be a decent 5/6, Baier will only be valuable if dipietro is mived, otherwise he's only getting 15 starts.