ARI @ SD

• Max Scherzer is a 24 year old who stands 6-3, 215. The righty has a medium to big frame that has room to add a little more muscle. He comes from a 3/4 release and has a violent head jerk in his delivery. His shoulder was flying open early and resulting him to miss to his glove side. He then tried to correct it and began missing to his arm side. His changeup shows good fade and sink and was the best I have seen it. His slider was the worst I have seen it, as he threw maybe 2 strikes with it all night. It was a tight 2-7 offering with good late bite, but he looked to be overthrowing it. His fastball showed good fade and sink and moves likes a splitter when it is right. He was all over the place command wise, but a young pitcher with stuff that moves like his will have these types of nights. Still a potential # 2.

1st: FB (93-97), SL (88), CU (85-86)

2nd: FB (94-96), SL (85-87), CU (88)

3rd: FB (92-97), SL (85-87), CU (86-87)

4th: FB (93-96), CU (87)

5th: FB (93-96), CU (86-88)

• Kevin Correia was the opposing pitcher. The 6-3, 200 pounder has a medium to big frame that has room to add a lot more more muscle. The 28 year old right hander comes from an over the top release. He has a typical drop and drive delivery with the hands going over his head to start it. He has limbs flying around and it looks hectic around his release point. His fastball is a fairly straight 4-seam with some natural downward movement due to the nice downward plane he creates for his pitches. His slider is a 12-7 offering that is just a harder curveball. It has some bite and he has a good feel for it. He will mix in a 2-seam fastball with some fade and sink. His curveball is a big breaking 12-6 offering tha the will go to with 2 strikes against left handers as a put away pitch. His changeup has some good fade and sink. Correia's upside is a back of the rotation starter. In PETCO, he is a # 4 due to the park taking away a lot of his mistakes. He has above average command of all his stuff and did impress me with his ability to hit spots with is stuff. Could he be successful as a starter outside PETCO? I wouldn't be the team to take a chance.

1st: FB (89-95), SL (84-86), CB (75-77)

2nd: FB (89-94), SL (84-85), CB (76-77), CU (85)

3rd: FB (90-94), SL (84-86)

4th: FB (91-93), SL (83-85), CB (75)

5th: FB (90), SL (87), CU (83)

6th: FB (91-93), SL (83-85), CB (76), CU (85-86)

• Leo Rosales comes from an over the top release. The righty featured a 4-seam fastball with some natural sink, a change that is his best offspeed offering but is inconsistent with its fade and sink. It can flash slightly above average with excellent fade and sink and can act almost as a back-door 2-seam fastball. He will throw it to righties. His slider is a flat 2-7 pitch. Not a major league reliever.

6th: FB (88-91), CU (78-82), SL (86)

• Daniel Schlereth comes from a high 3/4 release. His curveball is a power pitch with 11-5 type movement and it has good bite. The lefty has a classic drop and drive delivery. His fastball is a 4-seam with a little sink and run. He struggled to command his stuff tonight. His change shows some fade, but he left it up and doesn't look to be even average. He shows a great ability to spike his curveball, but struggled to throw it for a strike. This is his 2nd pro season and he is in the bigs, I still think he has closer potential.

6th: FB (92-94), CB (77-81), CU (75-79)

• Clay Zavada comes from a high 3/4 release. His curveball is a good 11-4 offering, his change has good sink and fade and is his best off speed pitch and his fastball is a 2-seam with some fade. Solid lefty to have in a pen.

6th: FB (88-90), CB (72), CU (80-81)

• Luke Gregerson came from a 3/4 release with a 2-seam fastball that has good fade and sink and a late breaking slider that is a 2-7 type pitch. The slider has good late movement and generated a ton of swings and misses. He is a potential set-up man.

7th: FB (90-91), SL (81-85)

• Jon Rauch comes from an over the top release. The righty has a 4-seam fastball that has a little sink due to the downward plane he generates for his pitches. His curveball is a big breaking 12-6 offering with good depth. His change shows some sink and fade. His cutter had little noticeable cut. He had above average command tonight and was primarily FB-CB.

7th: FB (88-92), CB (73-75), CU (85-86), Cut (86)

• Edward Mujica came from a high 3/4 release. He showed a straight 4-seam fastball that will flash fade and a split that had good fade and dive. Solid set-up man, though Justin Upton hit a 430 foot shot off him, but who hasn't Upton done that to lately?

8th: FB (92-94), Split (86-88)

• Juan Gutierrez has an over the top release. The right hander showed a big breaking 12-6 curveball, a change with some fade but was pretty straight and a fastball with some fade. Solid set-up man potential.

8th: FB (92-93), CB (79), CU (80)

• Heath Bell came from an over the top release and showed a 4-seam fastball with a little downward movement and a sharp 12-6 curve. Above average closer.

9th: FB (92-96), CB (81-83)

I am tired. I am going to bed and sleeping until 1 hopefully. Got the Orioles-Athletics tomorrow featuring Vin Mazzaro and Rich Hill (dealt my Braves extra to get that game, which ended up being the Tommy Hanson debut, but I would rather see that as an extra report anyways.)