It should come as no surprise. Every July, progressive minds in front offices are looking for something different. Something out of the ordinary. Not every brain is satiated by the prototypical. They want the obscure, the strange and the unprecedented. Big league organizations want pitchers that can represent something hitters don't see every day. They want to make the opposition uncomfortable.
In general, you don't find the unorthodox and outlandish types at the top of the draft. Indeed, those picks are reserved for guys with multiple pitchers, durable frames, repeatable deliveries and the ability to fill up the zone. Those picks, if it wasn't clear, are used on starting pitchers. But often times, it's the seventh and eighth round arms that bridge to the high-leverage guys at the end of the game.
From this chair, identifying arms that can fill those bridge innings or give you outs in unconventional ways …