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2008 Doug's son and the Phils' 2006 first-round pick, Kyle Drabek underwent Tommy John surgery last June, which helped explain his poor performance up to that point. 2007 Kyle Drabek slipped to eighteenth in last year`s draft on the basis of personal issues, not baseball talent or pedigree (he`s Doug`s son). His fastball can run into the upper-90s, his curve was one the of the best in the draft, and he could have been drafted as a shortstop if he wasn`t such a good pitcher. Some of his off-field behavior can be explained by more or less normal adolescent immaturity. He got his butt kicked in the GCL, and didn`t handle failure well at all; how he responds in the coming year will tell whether he`s got the attitude to match his aptitude.
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