Extras: TOR, TB. Some CHW, MIN and CLE

1) Jack Egbert:
4/24: 54 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.

• Egbert is a 6-3, 220 pound righty. The 26 year old has a medium frame that is maxed out. He has a bizarre delivery, one in which he lifts his leg straight up with his toe down and bring the ball about behind his hip, almost like he wants to touch his butt with it. He came from a 3/4 release. His 2-seamer has good run in on righties and late sink while his 4-seam is pretty much dead straight. His curve is kind of a hanging 12-6 with slightly below average depth. Change has some fade from lefties with some sink that he will throw to righties. Sinker looks to flatten out the deeper into the game he gets, a bad idea. He may struggle to be a solid pitcher in AAA, let alone the majors.
  

5th: FB (87-90), CB (75-76)
6th: FB (86-90), CB (74-76), CU (77-79)

2) Bill Murphy:
4/24: 43 pitches. 4 strikes swinging. 2 Curveballs (both in 8th), 2 Changeups (both in 8th)

• Murphy is a 5-11, 195 pound lefty. The 28 year old has a small frame that appears to be able to get up to about 205. He should be able to add a little more muscle in both the upper and lower body. Over the top release. His fastball has a little run in on lefties and a little sink and he can battle his fastball command at times. His curve is a 11-5 with below average depth and is a sweeping offering that has some good late action to it. His change has some fade from righties with a little sink. His command won't help him, but his sweeping curve gives him an outside chance to be a LOOGY. More of a 4-A arm.
  

6th: FB (88-91)
7th: FB (88-90), CB (78), CU (83-85)
8th: FB (88-90), CB (77-80), CU (83-85)

3) Bryan Bullington:
4/24: 25 pitches. 3 strikes swinging. Fastball, 2 Sliders.

• Bullington is a 6-4, 210 pound righty. The 28 year old has a big frame that can add a little more muscle, likely to 215 or 220. He has a real athletic build and looks to be a fairly muscular guy. 3/4 release and features an arm action that shows the ball to the 2Bmen, putting extra stress on his shoulder. His fastball has a little late run in on righties, but is fairly straight. His slider is a 2-7 offering with solid bite and serves as his out pitch. More of a 4-A arm, as if your fastball sits in the high 80's to low 90's as a reliever, you need a dominant secondary pitch and his slider is just average.
  

9th: FB (88-92), SL (76-83)

4) Jesse Litsch:
4/13: 52 pitches. 4 strikes swinging. 3 Cutters (all in 2nd), Curveball (1st)

• Litsch is a 6-1, 215 pound righty. The 24 year old has a medium frame that is maxed out. He has a bigger lower body and looks to be fairly muscular. Has a strong lean forward right after the balance point in his delivery. Kicks his leg out and looks like his arm is forced to play catchup with the rest of his body. High 3/4 release. His fastball has some run in on righties with some sink. His cutter has some cut and sink. Will also mix in a dead straight 4-seam that will be in the low 90's. His curve is a 12-6 offering with slightly above average depth that can be a strikeout pitch. His change has some fade from lefties with some solid sink that he will throw to righties. Should be a solid # 4 starter for a contender if he can recover from his surgery.
  

1st: FB (87-93), Cut (86-87), CB (78)
2nd: FB (85-91), Cut (84-87), CB (74-75), CU (81)
3rd: FB (86-90), CU (79)
4th: FB (87-88)

5) Kevin Slowey:
4/13: 88 pitches. 5 strikes swinging. 3 Sliders (3rd, 2 in 5th), Fastball (6th), Changeup (6th)

• Slowey is a 6-3, 195 pound righty. The 25 year old has a medium frame that can get up to at least 215. He has very skinny legs and a very skinny lower body that can add muscle everywhere. Over the top release. Very quiet mechanics, but his arm action looks like the elbow has a little extra stress put on it due to his hard finish. His fastball has good run in on righties and some sink. His curve is a 12-6 offering that is a late breaker with slightly below average depth. A bounced curve in the dirt appears to be his out pitch. His slider is a 2-7 with solid bite. His change has some fade from lefties with some sink that he will throw to righties. Another guy who is a solid # 4 starter if he can recover from his injury.
  

1st: FB (89-91), SL (83-85), CB (76-77), CU (84)
2nd: FB (89-90), SL (83), CB (73), CU (83)
3rd: FB (88-91), SL (83-84)
4th: FB (89-91), SL (86), CB (73-74), CU (83)
5th: FB (89-92), SL (82-85), CB (73)
6th: FB (88-91), SL (82-86), CU (84)

6) David Purcey:
4/12: 113 pitches. 12 strikes swinging. 4 Fastballs (2 in 1st, 2 in 3rd), 8 Sliders (3 in 1st, 2nd, 3 in 4th, 5th)

• Purcey is a 6-4, 240 pound lefty. The 27 year old has a big frame that is maxed out, but doesn't appear to be any bad weight and he carries the weight very well. Drop and drive from a 3/4, almost high 3/4 release. His fastball has a little late run in on lefties, but can be fairly straight. His slider is a late breaking 2-7 with okay bite that can flatten out and it serves as his out pitch. His curve is an 11-5 offering with average depth. His change has some sink and fade from righties. Extremely inconsistent with the command of his off-speed offerings and his fastball (just from the wind). Should be a solid middle of the rotation starter if he can ever figure out his command.
  

1st: FB (89-92), SL (82-85), CB (74)
2nd: FB (88-91), SL (83-84), CB (73)
3rd: FB (89-92), SL (80-84), CB (73), CU (81)
4th: FB (92-93), SL (81-86), CB (75)
5th: FB (90-92), SL (82-86)

7) Anthony Reyes:
4/12: 96 pitches. 3 strikes swinging. 2 Changeups (1st, 3rd), Fastball (2nd)

• Reyes is a 6-2, 230 pound righty. The 27 year old has a medium frame that is maxed out. 3/4 release with pretty clean mechanics. His fastball has good run in on righties with some sink. His change has good fade from lefties with solid sink that he will throw to righties. His curve is a 12-6 offering with slightly above average depth. He has a good mix of off-speed offerings, but his lack of velocity will prevent him from being anymore then a # 5 starter.
  

1st: FB (85-88), CB (74), CU (75-77)
2nd: FB (85-89), CB (74-75)
3rd: FB (84-89), CB (76-78)
4th: FB (85-90), CU (74)
5th: FB (86-90), CU (72-75)
6th: FB (85-90), CB (75), CU (73-75)

8) Brian Burres:
4/30: 54 pitches. 3 strikes swinging. 2 Sliders (2 in 2nd), Changeup (3rd)

• Burres is a 6-2, 175 pound lefty. The 28 year old has a medium frame that can add a ton more muscle everywhere. He has the body of 16 year old high schooler. Over the top release with pretty clean mechanics and drop and drive delivery. Fastball has some run in on lefties. His curve is a 11-5 offering with average depth. His change has some fade from righties with little to no sink. His slider is a sharp 11-5 with good bite. Another guy who will struggle to be an effective pitcher at AAA, let alone the majors.
  

1st: FB (86-90), CU (80-82), CB (73-74), SL (82-83)
2nd: FB (88-90), CU (81-82), CB (73-74), SL (81-84)
3rd: FB (87-90), CU (81), SL (82)

9) Troy Percival:
4/28: 16 pitches. 1 strike swinging. Fastball

• Percival is a 6-3, 255 pound righty. The 40 year old has a medium frame that is maxed out. 3/4 release. His fastball has good run in on righties with some sink. His change is fairly straight and may fade a little from lefties that he will throw to righties. His curve is a 1-7 offering with average depth. I think he is done and it might be good for the Rays that he got hurt so Howell could become closer.
  

8th: FB (88-93), CU (81), CB (74)

Chart Observations: 8/18 LAA @ CLE

1) Trevor Bell: 109 pitches. 5 strikes swinging. 2 Fastballs (2nd, 3rd), 3 Changeups (2nd, 3rd, 5th)

• Bell is a 6-2, 186 pound righty. The 22 year old has a medium frame that can get up to at least 205. He is real skinny with very skinny legs. He has a classic drop and drive delivery and kicks his lead leg out at the hitter. He has a fast windup with little wasted motion. He came from an over the top release and showed a fastball with some run in on righties and a little sink, a 2-7 slider with okay bite and a change with some fade from lefties with some sink and it flashed good sink. I think his future is in the pen, where he can be a solid middle reliever.

1st: FB (93-95), SL (86), CU (86)

2nd: FB (91-94), SL (87-88), CU (84-85)

3rd: FB (91-95), SL (86-87), CU (83-87)

4th: FB (89-94), SL (83-87), CU (85)

5th: FB (88-92), SL (85), CU (84)

6th: FB (89-92), CU (83-84)

2) Fausto Carmona: 110 pitches. 10 strikes swinging. 4 Fastballs (3 in 2nd, 5th), 6 Changeups (2 in 4th, 4 in 5th)

• Carmona came from an over the top release and showed a 2-7 slider with some bite, a fastball with good run in on righties with some sink and a change with good fade from lefties with some sink that he will throw in any count to any hitter.

1st: FB (93-96), SL (86), CU (85-89)

2nd: FB (93-96), SL (85), CU (86-89)

3rd: FB (93-95), SL (87), CU (87-88)

4th: FB (92-94), SL (87), CU (87-88)

5th: FB (92-94), CU (86-89)

3) Jensen Lewis: 38 pitches. 3 strikes swinging. Fastball (6th), 2 Changeups (6th, 7th)

• Lewis is a 6-3, 210 pound righty. The 25 year old has a medium frame that is maxed out. He came from an over the top release with a herky jerky delivery with limbs going everywhere. His fastball has a little run in on righties. His change has good fade from lefties with good sink that is his best offering and he will throw it to righties. His cutter has some cut. Solid middle reliever.

6th: FB (89-91), CU (78-84), Cut (85)

7th: FB (88-90), CU (76-80), Cut (86)

4) Jason Bulger: 14 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.

• Bulger came from a high 3/4 release and showed a fastball with some run in on righties with sink and a power 12-6 curve with average depth.

6th: FB (93-95), CB (81-84)

7th: FB (94-95), CB (80)

5) Kevin Jepsen: 29 pitches. 2 strikes swinging. 2 Cutters (7th, 8th)

• Jepsen came from an over the top release and showed a fastball with a little sink, a cutter with 2-7 movement with good bite and a sharp 12-6 curve with slightly above average depth.

7th: FB (97-98), Cut (90-91)

8th: FB (96-98), Cut (90-91), CB (83)

6) Rafael Perez: 9 pitches. 2 strikes swinging. 2 Sliders.

• Perez came from a high 3/4 release with a fastball with some run in on lefties and a 11-5 slider with solid bite.

8th: FB (92-93), SL (86-87)

7) Jess Todd: 20 pitches. 4 strikes swinging. Cutter, 3 Sliders.

• Todd came from a 3/4 release and showed a cutter with above average cut, a 2-7 slider with good bite and a 2-seam sinker with good run in on righties and good sink. He liked to throw the sinker away from lefties and liked to throw the cutter away from righties.

9th: FB (90-92), Cut (90-92), SL (84-86)

8) Brian Fuentes: 12 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.

• Fuentes came from a 3/4 release and showed a 10-4 slider with good bite, a fastball with a little run in on lefties and a change with some late fade from righties with sink.

9th: FB (91-92), SL (76-77), CU (76-77)

Chart Observations: 8/18 STL @ LAD

1) Mitch Boggs: 83 pitches. 6 strikes swinging. Fastball (1st, 3rd), 4 Sliders (2 in 2nd, 2 in 5th)

• Boggs is a 6-4, 215 pound righty. The 25 year old has a big frame that can add a little more muscle. He came from a 3/4 release with a fast windup that is real scrunched up until his breaks. He straightens his arm on the backtake fairly hard as well. His fastball has above average run in on righties and some sink. His change has some fade from lefties and a little sink. His curve is a 1-7 pitch with solid depth. His slider is a 2-7 pitch with good bite that can move like a cutter at times. Solid pitcher, but likely no better then a # 4 or # 5 starter.

1st: FB (93-96), SL (84-87), CU (83)

2nd: FB (90-94), SL (83-85), CU (81), CB (77-79)

3rd: FB (89-95), SL (86-87), CB (77-79)

4th: FB (90-93), SL (84-85), CU (79), CB (78-80)

5th: FB (90-93), SL (84-87)

2) Chad Billingsley: 77 pitches. 8 strikes swinging. 7 Fastballs (2 in 1st, 3rd, 5th, 3 in 6th), Curveball (6th)

• Billingsley came from an over the top release and showed a straight 4-seam fastball, a 12-6 curve with slightly above average depth, a cutter with some cut and a change with some fade from lefties with sink. He will throw get me over and out pitch curveballs.

1st: FB (91-94), CB (79)

2nd: FB (90-92), CB (70-81)

3rd: FB (90-94), CB (74-81)

4th: FB (89-93), CB (77-80), Cut (88-89)

5th: FB (90-92), CB (77), Cut (89)

6th: FB (88-93), CB (77-82), Cut (88-93), CU (86)

3) Jason Motte: 11 pitches. 1 strike swinging. Splitter.

• Motte came from an over the top release and showed a 2-seam fastball with some run and sink on righties, a cutter with some cut, a straight 4-seam fastball, a straight change and a split with good dive.

5th: FB (91-98), Cut (89-93), Split (81), CU (86)

4) Brad Thompson: 28 pitches. 3 strikes swinging. 3 Curveballs (All in 7th)

• Thompson is a 6-1, 190 pound righty. The 27 year old has a medium frame that can get up to 205. He came from a 3/4 release and showed a fastball with good run in on righties with good sink, a change with some fade from lefties with good sink and a 12-6 curve with below average depth. Long reliever is probably his best chance at sticking on a roster.

6th: FB (87-88), CU (80-82), CB (79)

7th: FB (87-89), CU (80-82), CB (77-79)

5) James McDonald: 7 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.

• McDonald came from an over the top release with a fastball with a little run in on righties and a sharp 12-6 curve with above average depth.

7th: FB (91-95), CB (76)

6) George Sherrill: 27 pitches. 1 strike swinging. Slider (7th)

• Sherrill came from a 3/4, almost high 3/4 release and showed a 10-4 slider with good bite and a fastball with some run in on lefties.

7th: FB (89-91), SL (75-77)

8th: FB (88-91), SL (73-75)

7) Blake Hawksworth: 13 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.

• Blake came from a 3/4 release and showed a fastball with good run in on righties and solid sink and a change with above average sink and good fade from lefties that he will throw to righties.

8th: FB (92-93), CU (81-83)

8) Jonathan Broxton: 20 pitches. 3 strikes swinging. 2 Fastballs, Slider (All in 9th)

• Broxton came from an over the top release and showed a fastball with some run in on righties and a sharp 2-7 slider with okay bite.

8th: FB (97), SL (89)

9th: FB (96-99), SL (89-90)

Extras (Mostly NYY, Some CLE, A SEA, A NYM)

1) Andy Pettitte:
6/13: 104 pitches. 10 strikes swinging. 3 Fastballs (1st, 2nd, 5th), 6 Curveballs (3rd, 4 in 4th, 5th), Changeup (5th)

• Pettitte is a 6-5, 225 pound lefty. The 37 year old has a big frame that is maxed out with a muscular lower half. He came from a high 3/4 release and showed a fastball with some run in on lefties. His change has good late from righties with a little sink. His cutter has good cut and sink. His curve is a 11-5 offering with above average depth. He has an above average pick-off move. Solid # 3 starter still and looks to be able to continue doing this for another couple of years.

1st: FB (88-91), Cut (83-86), CU (80)

2nd: FB (88-90), Cut (84-87), CU (80-82), CB (75-77)

3rd: FB (87-88), Cut (82-84), CU (80), CB (74-75)

4th: FB (87-89), Cut (85-86), CB (74-77)

5th: FB (85-88), Cut (81-82), CU (79-80), CB (75)

2) Fernando Nieve:

6/13: 108 pitches. 3 strikes swinging. Fastball (1st), Slider (6th), Changeup (7th)

• Nieve is a 6-0, 220 pound righty. The 26 year old has a medium frame that his maxed out with real big thighs. He came from a 3/4 release. His fastball has a little run in on righties, but is very straight. His change is straight with a little sink. His slider is a 2-7 offering with good late bite. His curve is 12-6 with below average depth that he tips by throwing from a slightly higher release point. He will throw his change to righties. I prefer him as a 1-inning reliever, where he can go at guys with his FB-SL combo and not worry about his other 2 pitches. As a starter, I think he is a # 5.

1st: FB (92-95), CU (85)

2nd: FB (92-95), CU (86-87), SL (84), CB (79)

3rd: FB (91-95), CU (84-86), SL (84), CB (78-81)

4th: FB (93-95), CU (84-85), SL (84-85), CB (77)

5th: FB (90-94), CU (82-87), SL (82-86)

6th: FB (92-94), SL (82-85), CB (78)

7th: FB (89-93), CU (81-84), SL (87), CB (78-79)

3) Alfredo Aceves:

6/13: 36 pitches. 1 strike swinging. Fastball (7th)

• Aceves is a 6-3, 220 pound righty. The 26 year old has a medium frame that is maxed out. He came from a 3/4 release and has a drop and drive delivery that is real deliberate (i.e. slow) in the beginning. He taps his turn leg about 3 times before turning into the release point, which appears to be a way to get himself going and to stay back. His fastball has some run in on righties and some sink. His cutter has some cut. His change has a little fade from lefties with a little sink that he will throw to righties. His curve is a 12-6 offering with average depth. He seems like a solid long reliever to me, not too much more.

6th: FB (91-93), Cut (90), CB (80), CU (81-86)

7th: FB (90-92), Cut (87-89), CB (77-79), CU (81-85)

4) Jonathan Albaladejo:

4/6: 13 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.

• Jonathan is a 6-5, 260 pound righty. The 26 year old has a big frame that is maxed out. He came from a 3/4 release in a max effort delivery. He lands very hard on his front leg and appears to put a little extra stress on his right shoulder by overly finishing every pitch. His fastball has good run in on righties with good sink. His slider is a 2-7 pitch with okay bite. His curve is a 12-6 offering with slightly above average depth. Typical middle reliever, and one that will likely be riding a bus back and forth from AAA.

5th: FB (92), SL (83)

6th: FB (90-92), SL (82-83), CB (72-73)

5) Damaso Marte:

4/6: 10 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.

4/18: 23 pitches. 3 strikes swinging. 3 Fastballs.

• Marte is a 6-2, 215 pound lefty. The 34 year old has a medium frame that can add a little more muscle. He came from a 3/4 release and showed a fastball with a little run in on lefties, but fairly straight and a 10-5 slider with good bite that can flash above average bite. Looks like a LOOGY to me, and one that is on the downturn.\

4/6

8th: FB (90-93), SL (81-83)

4/18

9th: FB (90-93), SL (82-85)

6) Sergio Mitre:

8/15: 92 pitches. 6 strikes swinging. 2 Fastballs (both in 6th), 4 Changeups (1st, 3rd, 2 in 5th)

• Mitre is a 6-3, 225 pound righty. The 28 year old has a medium frame that is maxed out. He came from a 3/4 release in a delivery that generates a very good hip turn. His fastball has some run in on righties with a little sink. His slider is a 2-7 pitch with solid bite while his change has some fade from lefties with a little sink. # 5 starter at best and definitely not a good starter in the AL East.

1st: FB (90-93), SL (79-80), CU (84)

2nd: FB (89-90), SL (78)

3rd: FB (89-91), SL (77), CU (83)

4th: FB (88-91), SL (78-82)

5th: FB (88-91), SL (76-79), CU (82-83)

6th: FB (88-91), CU (81-82)

7) Lucas French:

8/15: 107 pitches. 5 strikes swinging. 3 Fastballs (4th, 5th), 2 Changeups (both in 1st)

• French is a 6-4, 220 pound lefty. The 23 year old has a big frame that can add a little more muscle and get up to maybe 235. He came from a high 3/4 release and straightens his arm on the backtake, similar to Ubaldo Jimenez and he has a very fast windup. His fastball has some run in on lefties. His change has some fade from righties and solid sink and is his best off-speed offering that he will throw to righties. His slider is 11-5 with okay bite. French's upside is that of a # 4 starter and he is likely pitching close to it now.

1st: FB (87-89), CU (76-79)

2nd: FB (84-88), CU (75-77), SL (74-77)

3rd: FB (85-87), CU (75-77), SL (75-76)

4th: FB (85-89), CU (75-77), SL (75-80)

5th: FB (85-89), CU (76), SL (76)

6th: FB (86-90), CU (76-77), SL (77-79)

8) Edwar Ramirez:

4/18: 58 pitches. 4 strikes swinging. 4 Changeups (3 in 4th, 5th)

5/5: 4 pitches. 2 strikes swinging. 2 Changeups

• Ramirez is a 6-3, 165 pound righty. The 28 year old has a medium frame that can add a lot more muscle. He comes from a 3/4 release and showed a fastball with some run in on righties, a change with above average fade from lefties with good sink that is late breaking and a 2-7 slider with good bite. The command of all his pitches can be spotty and he falls behind in the count a lot, causing him to throw his below average fastball. If I am an NL team, I try to acquire him, as I think he could be an above average middle reliever outside the AL East.

4/18

4th: FB (86-89), CU (74-78)

5th: FB (85-88), CU (75-77), SL (76-78)

5/5

8th: FB (89), CU (77-79)

9) Masa Kobayashi:

4/18: 20 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.

• Kobayashi is a 6-0, 195 pound righty. The 35 year old has small frame that is maxed out. He has a typicaly Japanese windup with a pause at the balance point and limbs flying in different directions. He came from an over the top release and showed a 2-seam fastball with some run in on righties and a little sink and a 2-7 slider with a little bite. 4-A reliever.

7th: FB (90-92), SL (83)

8th: FB (89-92), SL (84)

10) Vinnie Chulk:

4/18: 19 pitches. 0 strikes swinging.

• Chulk is a 6-2, 195 pound righty. The 30 year old has a medium frame that can get up to at least 205. He came from a high 3/4 release and showed a fastball with a little late sink, a 2-7 slider with solid bite and a change with some fade from lefties with good sink. A guy who should be a solid middle reliever, but just struggles to put it together for some reason.

9th: FB (89-92), SL (77-79), CU (86)