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...year Brayton could be anywhere. He'll be married, to Hope Price, an education student at Lesley who's already met all the baseball wives and says she's looking forward to her marriage to baseball. He'll still have a dog named Slider. He'll still come up to Cambridge to check in at the Owl Club for news of friends. But this can't go on too much longer...
...Brayton had an "exceptional year" last season, says his minor league pitching coach Bill Slack. With the ability to keep the ball down that experience brings, Slack says, Brayton "has a shot" at the majors. Bill Slack is a typical coach...
...Slack's estimation, Brayton is a much better pitcher than he gives himself credit for. For example, his fastball is not weak, but "average. (About 86 1/2 mph.) He has a "deceptive motion, kind of herky-jerky," and though he "didn't have a curve ball" when he came out of Harvard, he's got one now that's "quick and tight." This is in addition to good off-speed pitches and a fine slider. All in all, "Rox doesn't have much more to work...
...last season, he "never hesitated to bring him in--if it's a 2-2 ball game, or 3-3--and that'll tell you how good he is." The formula for these things is usually having two good back-to-back years in the minors. If Brayton performs well for Bristol this year--or for Pawtucket, where he could go in mid-season--then he's ready for the big leagues...
...league pitching "is the best we've ever had, all the way down through the organization," according to Slack and his 25 years. His future might be with another team, particularly if he has a good year, in which case he'll be drafted unless the new lefties above Brayton in the hierarchy fold up. Slack just hopes Brayton in the hierarchy fold up. Slack just hopes Brayton doesn't get depressed about it, because "he's not so old for how well he's doing in the organization." So who can say? "It's sort of selfish," says...