- Contreras is a 37 year old who stands 6-4, 255. The righty has a big frame that is maxed out with some bad weight. He comes from a high 3/4 release with a fastball with some run in on righties with some sink. His split has excellent dive and can look like a curveball at times. His slider is 2-7 with good bite. Splitter is his out pitch and if he gets 2 strikes on you, he will throw it. He will drop down sidearm to throw any of his pitches in any count and appears to be done at random. Will throw a rare straight change with some fade from lefties.
1st: FB (90-93), SL (83-86), Split (78-80)
2nd: FB (92-94), SL (84-86), Split (79-80)
3rd: FB (91-93), SL (83-86), Split (77-78)
4th: SL (81-87), Split (77-80)
5th: FB (92-93), SL (83-87), Split (78-80)
6th: FB (91-95), SL (82-85), Split (77-80)
7th: FB (90-94), SL (80-86), Split (77-78)
8th: FB (91-93), SL (82-84), Split (77-78), CU (81)
2) Jeremy Sowers: 79 pitches. 3 strikes swinging. Fastball (1st), 2 Sliders (1st, 4th)
- Sowers is a 26 year old who stands 6-1, 180. The lefty has a medium frame that can add a lot more muscle. He has some weird arm action where his arm is somewhat rubbery and moves around quite a bit on the backtake and going forward, whiplike. He comes from a high 3/4 release. His fastball has some run in on righties. His slider has good bite and is a 10-4 offering. His change is a straight change with a little sink. He needs to throw his off-speed stuff more, as he no longer has a plus fastball.
1st: FB (86-91), SL (77-80), CU (81)
2nd: FB (87-91)
3rd: FB (87-91)
4th: FB (87-92), SL (79)
5th: FB (88-90), SL (79), CU (81-82)
6th: FB (88-92), SL (80-82), CU (79-82)
3) Jose Veras: 16 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.
- Veras is a 6-5, 235 pound righty. The 28 year old has a big frame that is maxed out. He comes from an over the top release. His fastball has some armside run and a little sink. His splitter has some dive. His curve is a big breaking 12-6 pitch with good depth. There is a little herky-jerky in his windup and can be extremely inconsistent with his release points (anywhere from over the top to 3/4) and may help explain his command issues.
7th: FB (94-95), CB (78-80), Split (81)
4) Rafael Perez: 5 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.
- Perez is a 6-3, 195 pound lefty. The 27 year old has a medium frame that can add a lot more muscle. He comes from a high 3/4, almost over the top release. His fastball is a straight 4-seam and he also throws a sharp 11-4 slider with solid bite. He has lost any semblance of command and there isn't anything glaring mechanically. You have to wonder if it is in his head now.
7th: FB (91-92), SL (86-87)
5) Joe Smith: 14 pitches. 2 strikes swinging. 2 Sliders (8th)
- Smith is a 6-2, 205 pound righty. The 25 year old has a medium frame that can add a little bit more muscle. He is a sidearmer. His fastball has good armside run and some sink. His slider is a 3-8 offering with good bite. I tend to like sidearmers and Smith is no exception.
7th: FB (91), SL (81-83)
8th: FB (90), SL (79-83)
6) Kerry Wood: 10 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.
- Wood is a 6-5, 210 pound righty. The 32 year old has a big frame that can add more muscle. He comes from an over the top release. His cutter has good cut. His fastball is a straight 4-seam. His curve is a power 12-6 with good depth. Can battle his command at times, but not in this outing.
9th: FB (95-96), Cut (90-91), CB (81)
7) Matt Thornton: 24 pitches. 5 strikes swinging. 4 on Fastballs, Cutter
- Thornton comes from a high 3/4 release with a straight 4-seam fastball and a somewhat loopy 10-4 slider with okay bite. He has also added a cutter (just like every other White Sox pitcher) and it has solid cut that he seems to locate fairly well.
9th: FB (96-98), Cut (89-92), SL (85)
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