Check out some excellent Instructional League videos that are linked over on Cove Chatter in the Twitter column on the right hand side of the site.
Kyle Crick- 95-97 on the FB. Changeup goes 88! Man, does he ever look like a clone of Matt Cain? Still with some pretty obvious command issues.
Keury Mella- FB 93-95 with a nasty curve and slider to go with it. Looked dominant in the one frame filmed. I agree with Covechatter. He may well be the #2 pitching prospect in the system!
Angel Villalona- Big kid with a ferocious swing. Didn't do much in this extremely small sample size.
Ryder Jones- another small sample. Can't really get much of a read.
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Great videos! Crick's fastball is wild, no surprise, but you are absolutely right about the Matt Cain comp. I was thinking the same thing! Need to get those 2 in a rotation together soon... Mella, wow. That's all I can say. Keep throwing gas, kid.
ReplyDeleteAny chance Mella's 93-95 fastball go even higher?
ReplyDeleteHow old is the kid? He could possible be #2, like you say.
Mella is 20. 2012 in DSL, 2013 in AZL. Looking forward to seeing him get a bump (hopefully) to Augusta next year. The video was impressive, and eye-opening. Abbreviated delivery, a little like David Price. Fastball gets on the hitter in a hurry. I think I was even more impressed with his breaking ball. Looks like a strong prospect!
Deletehave a hard time putting a kid from that level at #2...despite the "stuff"....Especially with what the Giants have "above"....This coming year should tell a lot more.
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Stuff is stuff. I have no problem putting a kid in rookie ball or the DSL #1 if they have the stuff.
DeleteAs starting pitchers go, I'll bet Mella has the #2 fastball in the Giants org. Doesn't seem like any of the other guys have top-notch velocity. Stratton and Agosta were supposed to be mid-90's, but didn't sound like they were this year. Escobar has supposedly hit 96 before, but he and Mejia both seem like 91-93 guys. Same for Blackburn and Flores. Blach may roll on even less... 89-91? Gregorio is about the only other Giants SP I've heard pop 95 this year. Not saying velocity is everything, and I'm not necessarily saying Mella is the #2 prospect in the system right now either. But, for a guy who's relatively unknown, seeing the video opened my eyes. Big body, nasty breaking ball, plus velocity. In my eyes, he's got a shot to surpass the rest of the group (aside from Crick obviously). Exciting stuff.
Delete+1 Covechatter. Thanks for the heads up. I agree on Mella, this is a nice development.
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