Comments on: Draft Profiles: Power Pitchers

By: CardFan

CardFan — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:59:47 +0000

John Flanagan, LHP, 6′4″ , 220, formerly of Belleville West High School, and now pitching for Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville. This kid is terrific…and, he’s right in the Cardinals back yard!!

By: Beau

Beau — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:38:47 +0000

Luhnow may have seen enough of guys without enough control. If the Cards pop for a pitcher in round one, command seems a valuable quality. Also a good sinker helps someone rise in the rankings for the Cards.

By: fewgoodcards

fewgoodcards — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:12:56 +0000

i have no idea. i have never seen a baseball game covered like that before. like you said the camera behind home plate looked fine to me.

By: UncleBuck44

UncleBuck44 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:09:11 +0000

Hey few, what was with that camera angle in the Tulane game? Why didn’t they just keep it on the camera behind homeplate?

By: fewgoodcards

fewgoodcards — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:41:46 +0000

after watching last night’s game i can see why he would want to strike out every batter. his infielders booted two pretty softly hit grounders and threw another one away plus the previously mentioned play in the outfield.

By: picklefork

picklefork — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:32:21 +0000

Shooter Hunt has a great arm…..his control has actually regressed.

in 99IP as a Soph he only walked 30 for a sub 3 BB per 9.

This year he already has 32 in 56 IP…..maybe he is trying to strike out people and that is causing him to be too cute instead of just going after the hitter.

Last year he wasnt nearly the K pitcher nor the BAA pitcher he is this year..so he could also be trying to harness his new found “stuff”

He also walked 20 in only 36IP at the Cape this summer.

So this new found lack of control has been going on for awhile.

By: fewgoodcards

fewgoodcards — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:03:46 +0000

hunt was very good last night. he walked the first batter of the game and then didn’t walk another man. neither of the runs were really his fault either as the first one scored when the rightfielder knocked himself out diving headfirst into the side wall to allow an inside the park homer, and the second one was allowed by a reliever after he left the game. i was watching on the internet, and he commanded his fastball pretty well and he was dropping in his curve for strikes all night. the guy that pitched last night looked nothing like his stats from the rest of the year.

By: UncleBuck44

UncleBuck44 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:02:42 +0000

One note on Gorgen, his changeup is supposed to be the best change in the draft. But like few said, his fastball is really below average for a righty(87-90) and he is only 5′10″ or so. One BA writer called him one of the best pitchers in the college ranks, though. If you are looking for a Kevin Slowey/PJ Walters pitcher, Gorgen might be your guy. Although Slowey and Walters are like 6′4″ so they have that downward plane on their fastballs that might make them tougher to hit. He might have a chance to go in the 3rd-4th round.

By: erik

erik — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:16:16 +0000

Well, maybe I spoke too soon. I see Hunt had 12 K’s to just 1 walk and 2 hits in 7 last night. Maybe he’s figuring some things out. I could see a team that loves high velocity pitchers, a team like the White Sox, scooping him up first.

By: fewgoodcards

fewgoodcards — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:09:51 +0000

those guys certainly would be considered power pitchers, but hunter is the only one i think has a chance to go in the first round. although he is hurt right now and hasn’t pitched since early march. i will probably have some profiles on some of those guys later, but i usually only do 3 at a time and i went with the top 3 on my list.

scott gorgen is actually from uc irvine. i wouldn’t necessarily say he has good stuff as it is more average, and he is very small. however, he is one of the best college pitchers out there in terms of production. i think he is like a wes roemer or barry enright from last year, and like you said go in the sandwich or 2nd round.