#16 Clayton Tanner. LHP. BD: 12-05-1987. 6'1", 202 lbs.
2009 Stats: 12-6, 3.17, 139.1 IP, 42 BB, 121 K's, GO/AO= 1.46.
Drafted in the 3'rd round of the 2006 draft out of high school, Tanner has been working his way up the ladder. 2009 was his second season at San Jose. I like that decision as he is still not old for his level and it gave him a chance to stretch out from 117 IP to 139 IP and polish his stuff a bit. He had kind of run out of gas in 2008 while finishing strong despite the greater number of IP in 2009. Tanner features a low 90's fastball with good sink, a nice downward breaking curveball and a decent change up. On the mound, he looks a lot like Noah Lowry, except Noah was a flyball pitcher and Tanner is a GB pitcher. With another couple of years to polish up his game, I think Clayton Tanner has the potential to be a #3 MLB starter. He should begin the 2010 season in AA Richmond.
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Its funny reading AA Richmond after all these years
ReplyDeleteDr. B not sure if you have seen this Q and A yet, but its a great interview with a ton of great information from Fred Stanley...
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Yes, I saw it last night, thanks to commonsense over on sfgiants.com message board who posted a link. Great read.
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