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The Hardball Times: THT Live: Rick Porcello Scouting Report
Baseball Digest Daily: The Roundup - Friday
Baseball Mastermind: Friday Afternoon Links: Jon Papelbon is Ignorant, Doesn’t Like Sushi; Sucks to be Caught in the All-U-Can-Eat Section; B.J. Upton, Male Model?; Q&A With Pirates Director of Player Development
THT Live: Rick Porcello Scouting Report
The Hardball Times —
Rick Porcello Scouting Report by Dave Studeman April 04, 2008 Saber Scouting has a report on top Tiger prospect Rick Porcello . The bottom line: sound mechanics, 94 mph fastball with movement, awesome changeup, potential future #1 starter. Dave is the manager of the ...
The Roundup - Friday
Baseball Digest Daily —
... marching powder doesn't count, so Molitor gets a pass.) It's one thing to have personal opinions which never see the light of day, but publishing these things about Gaetti and Puckett — without concrete evidence, i.e., more than the citation of statistical anomalies — is irresponsible, especially since Puckett can't rise to his own defense (unless he's hanging out with Ted Williams; in that case, he might be able to rise in about 50 years). - The guys at Saber-Scouting offer a scouting report of Rick Porcello : Mechanics - Sound mechanics. High 3/4 arm angle, clean and easy ...
Friday Afternoon Links: Jon Papelbon is Ignorant, Doesn’t Like Sushi; Sucks to be Caught in the All-U-Can-Eat Section; B.J. Upton, Male Model?; Q&A With Pirates Director of Player Development
Baseball Mastermind —
... pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is.” [Bugs and Cranks]
• And finally, some real baseball. Here’s an interview with the new Pirates Director of Player Development, Kyle Stark. I covered the Pirates front office face-lift in my season preview here, including the hiring of Stark. [Bucco Blog]
• Rick Porcello Scouting report. [Saber-Scouting]
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Doing my part as a cog in the Rick Porcello hype machine
The Detroit Tiger Weblog —
... A newer blog called Saber-Scouting took in the effort and filed a full scouting report, complete with scores on the 20-80 scale. The change-up Porcello featured was his out pitch on this night. The summary is incredibly encouraging (emphasis mine) ...
Daily Farm Report 4/4/08
Future Redbirds —
... Pete Kozma had a nice debut in A ball, but after reading this scouting report on Rick Porcello, it’s hard not for me to get into the woulda, coulda, shoulda camp. I’ll resist, but man… ...
Daily Roundup 4/5/08
Beyond the Box Score —
... head when I hear cloning talk.
- Jeff Sullivan likes Josh Hamilton and Zach Grienke. He actually raised an interesting question with a post about Hamilton -- is he the best positional player in the American League West? At first thought I'd be inclined to disagree and go with someone like Ichiro or Vlad. However I found myself agreeing with Sullivan, Hamilton's skillset and potential set him apart from the pack.
- What's wrong with Kei Igawa? What's right with Rick Porcello? And how about a mock blockbuster by Dayn Perry (at BP no ...
Scouting Report: Michel Inoa
SaberScouting —
By Kiley McDaniel
As mentioned in the last article, 16 year old Dominican right-hander Michel Inoa is expected to sign with the Oakland A’s for a bonus between $4.25 million and $4.50 million as the headliner of the international signing period that starts on July 2nd.
There are still plenty of big-time players available after Inoa, and, as usual, it includes projectable arms and toolsy bats.
The top bat is up for debate, with some people in the camp of Rafael Rodriguez, a power-hitting outfielder from the Dominican, but the majority prefer Yorman Rodriguez (no relation) who is a tooled-up Venezuelan ...
Hot Prospect: Rick Porcello
Advanced Fantasy Baseball —
With Nate Robertson injured and Dontrelle Willis now on the disabled list with "performance anxiety" (sounds pretty bad) it appears that top prospect Rick Porcello has a very good chance to begin the season in the major leagues. Few who have seen him pitch doubt that Porcello would eventually be at the top of the Detroit Tiger's rotation. However, who knew it would come after just one full season in the minors? While we all hate it when teams rush young players, Porcello appears to be ready. He has always had an advanced approach to pitching and is very good at conserving his energy and ...
