Breaking down the draft: The sleepers and the overrated

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Carlos Gomez on Todd
Published 7/10/2007 by erik at Future Redbirds
... Over at THT, the “Chad Bradford wannabe” Carlos Gomez continues his series on breaking down the draft and has a favorable review regarding Jess Todd. ...

Breaking Down The Draft: The Sleepers and the Overrated
Published 7/10/2007 at Bullpen Mechanics
... Part 5 of the series takes a look at 15 more prospects, including some interesting cases: ...

All-Star Gameday Open Thread - AL at NL
Published 7/10/2007 by NHZ <info@royalsreview.com> at Royals Review
... -I have not had a chance to read this latest article yet because I'm still catching up on the ones from earlier this month, but Carlos Gomez of The Hardball Times has done an excellent job with his draft articles. The link goes to his latest effort, which is on overrated and underrated picks, but you can navigate from that article back to the earlier ones. Good stuff. ...

Breaking Down the Draft: Culberson and Noonan
Published 7/10/2007 by obsessivegiantscompulsive at obsessivegiantscompulsive
Carlos Gomez just published the latest in a series of articles covering draft picks. In this installment, he covers Giants picks Charlie Culberson and Nick Noonan. ...

Darko has a Job Nighty Cap
Published 7/14/2007 by edwzipper at Sports Frog
... • The Hardball Times has a video break down of whom they think will be sleepers in this year's draft. The video and science is worth a look, these guys are real baseball geeks. ...

Minor League Recap, 8/22
Published 8/23/2007 by Eric Schultz at Pending Pinstripes
... loves his mechanics. ...

Q and A with Carlos Gomez
Published 9/13/2007 by erik at Future Redbirds
... : Love his aggressiveness. Like I said in the draft review , he might have he ll probably end up in the pen and have a Turk Wendell-like career .or better. What do you think of ...

Prospect Profile: Ryan Pope
Published 9/20/2007 by Mike A. at River Avenue Blues » River Avenue Blues, A New York Yankees Blog
... to see it). The hard-to-please Carlos Gomez of Hardball Times fame loves the tempo & arm action of Pope’s motion. He has nice size (6′3″, 190 lbs) and a strong lower half, which certainly came in handy throwing all those complete games. ...

#12 Ryan Pope
Published 1/27/2008 by EJ Fagan at Pending Pinstripes
... Scouting Report: Pope throws his fastball anywhere from 88 to 94 mph. He throws a slider, curveball, and changeup, but none are anything special. He has excellent control. Why is he rated this high? He’s got the potential to be much, much better. I’m no expert on pitching mechanics, but Carlos Gomez is, and he couldn’t rave more about Ryan Pope. Watching his scouting video, Pope coils and unloads as fast as any pitcher that I’ve ever seen. Gomez compares him to Roy Oswalt. Pope was throwing 82 mph for the Savannah College of Art and ...