- Stauffer is a 6-1, 205 pound righty. The 27 year old has a medium frame that should be able to get up to 215, mainly by adding muscle to his lower half. Athletic, skinny build. He came from an over the top, almost high 3/4 release. A little bit of a weird delivery, with the hands coming over his head and he brings his hands down quickly, causing him to wait for his leg kick to come up and then begin the drop and drive aspect. He breaks his hands a little high and has a constant bent glove elbow and throwing elbow, which might add a little more stress to his delivery. His fastball has good run in on righties and some sink. His curve is a sharp 12-6 with slightly above average depth. What we call a slider is actually a cutter that has solid cut and flashes some sink (confirmed to be a cutter by the Padres area scout in Virginia in an article I found). His change has good fade from lefties with solid sink that he will throw to righties. I see anywhere from a 3 to a 5 with him and would like to see him throw more curves to complement his FB/Cut repetoire. He had solid command and looks like a fairly solid prospect.
1st: FB (91-94), Cut (86-87), CB (79) - FB, Cut
2nd: FB (90-92), Cut (86-87) - Cut
3rd: FB (89-91), Cut (84-86), CB (76-77)
4th: FB (90-92), Cut (83-87), CB (75-78)
5th: FB (91-92), Cut (83-86), CB (76-79), CU (80-81)
6th: FB (89-92), Cut (83-84), CB (76)
7th: FB (88-92), Cut (83-84), CB (75), CU (82) - CB
2) Livan Hernandez: 90 pitches. (FB, SL, CU, CB). 3 strikes swinging. 2 Curveballs, Fastball.
- Hernandez came from a high 3/4 release and showed a fastball with above average run in on righties and some sink, an absurdly slow 12-6 curve with slightly above average depth, a cutter with some cut, a change with good fade from lefties and good sink that he will throw 2-0 and a 2-7 slider with good bite.
1st: FB (84-87), SL (77), CU (79), CB (63), Cut (85) - FB
2nd: FB (83-87), SL (76), CU (80-81), CB (66-67), Cut (83) - 2 CB's
3rd: FB (82-87), CB (66)
4th: FB (84-87), SL (76-79), CB (63-69)
5th: FB (82-86), SL (76), CU (78-79), CB (70)
6th: FB (82-87), SL (79-81), CB (66)
7th: FB (83-86), CU (78), CB (68)
8th: FB (83-87), CU (81), CB (58-63)
3) Adam Russell: 7 pitches. (FB, CB, CU). 0 strikes swinging.
- Russell is a 6-8, 255 pound righty. The 26 year old has a big frame that does not look his listed weight and looks more about 230. If he is 250, it is very evenly distributed and he could get up to about 270. He came with a classic drop and drive delivery from a 3/4, almost sidearm release. Pretty clean mechanics, likes to kick his toe out on the acceleration phase, but no red flags. Fastball has a little late run in on righties. His slider is a 3-8 with some late bite, but it can be a little loopy. Max effort delivery. I like him as a reliever and think he can eventually grow into a set-up role.
7th: FB (94-97), SL (82-84)
4) Joe Thatcher: 5 pitches. (FB, SL, CU). 1 strike swinging. Fastball.
- Thatcher came from a sidearm release and showed a fastball with some tail in on righties and a 3-8 slider with good bite.
8th: FB (87-88), SL (77) - FB
5) Luke Gregerson: 6 pitches. (FB, SL, CU). 3 Sliders, Fastball.
- Gregerson came from a 3/4 release and showed a 2-7 slider with above average bite and a fastball with some run in on righties.
8th: FB (93), SL (82-85) - FB, 3 SL
6) Heath Bell: 9 pitches. (FB, CB, CU). 1 strike swinging. Curveball.
- Bell came from an over the top release and showed a fastball with some sink, a sharp 12-6 curve with above average depth and a change with good fade from lefties and good sink.
9th: FB (94-95), CB (84), CU (87) - CB
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