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Terry Powers showed good arm over 5 pro seasons, made AA

Expos General Manager Dan Duquette talked up his new acquisitions, including minor leaguer Terry Powers , to The Toronto Globe and Mail in December 1992. Powers had just been sent from the Red Sox to the Expos along with major leaguer Mike Gardiner for Ivan Calderon. "Terry Powers is a young righthanded pitcher we think will probably play next year in Double A," Duquette told The Globe and Mail . "He has good arm as exhibited by his 105 strikeouts he had this year in the Florida State League." Powers did end up making AA, but only briefly and in 1994. Overall, he saw five pro seasons . He topped out at AA. Powers' career began in 1990, taken by the Red Sox in the 11th round of the draft out of Volunteer State Community College in Tennessee. Playing in summer league in 1989, Powers was described as having a fastball that hit 83 or 84 MPH. He also struck out 49 of 93 batters . Powers started with the Red Sox in 1990, playing between the rookie Gulf Coast Leag...

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