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Indians Tidbits (2010 season)

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buckeyemania11;1711939; said:
oh I almost forgot

Masterson gave up 5 hits and walked 6 and they only scored 1 run?

talk about bailing out a pitcher
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OHSportsFan9;1712334; said:
Westy's going to blow this.

And if he doesn't, the chicken coop will.
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Look up "mediocre" in the dictionary and you'll see Westbrook's mug staring back at you. I cannot fathom somebody wanting to trade for his ass. Another one of El Presidente Shapiro's brilliant moves.

Sipp is fucking horrible and needs to be jettisoned post haste. I don't know how it's possible, but this might be the worst chicken coup yet.

*facepalm*
 
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Hermann looks good so far...it's the guys that have been with the pen since the beginning that look like shit. Nice to see Jensen Lewis with that armadillo masturbation motion of his still can't throw a strike to save his life.
 
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Tribe selects big lefty Drew Pomeranz of Ole Miss. Scouts say he has a good curve, an 89-92 mph fastball and can struggle with command. He struck out a lot of people in college, but looking at his numbers, he wasn't exactly dominant.

Positive here is he's a college kid, so if he gets his command together, he could be fast tracked. Bad news is he's a big lefty with the dreaded command issues. I never like hearing that about a high pick after a couple of years of college. I call it "meh". :ohwell:

All things considered, I guess it was the best pick of a mediocre lot. He has tools, but there are issues. Whatever, the MLB draft is a crapshoot anyway...
 
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Indians Prospect Insider: 2010 Indians 1st Round Pick: LHP Drew Pomeranz

Ranks:
Keith Law: 4th
PGCrosschecker: 3rd (ahead of Machado)
Baseball Amaerica: 5th

Jeff Ellis: If healthy I have little doubt Pomeranz would have been the second pick in this draft as he has the size and power that you rarely see in a lefty pitcher. He is by no means a crafty lefty and has just overpowered hitters in college. His fastball is a legit plus pitch, and his curve is also a plus pitch. I have heard some people call it a knuckle curve, a spike curve, a 12-6 curve, but whatever it is it's nasty and has a nice MPH separation from his fastball that makes it deadly. His change is a major work in progress and between that and some mechanics issues will be what the Indians work on with Pomeranz, but at the end of the day they got the top college pitcher in this class. A pitcher who is a front of the rotation starter with two plus pitches and the size and power to intimidate from the left side of the plate.

Andrew Zajac: At 6'5", 235 lbs., Drew Pomeranz provides the Indians another advanced college arm. He's a power arm type pitcher, whose fastball sits comfortablly at 91-92, but touching 94 at times. He also locates his curveball very well, but is not quite a 12-6 type curve. Pomeranz still needs to develop his changeup in order to be successful as he did not need to throw it in college since he has been able to get by with a power fastball and curveball mix on college hitters. Pomeranz projects as a #2 type pitcher in the bigs who can rise through our minor league system fairly quickly. He's the ninth straight college player the Indians have selected in the first round.

When asked how Pomeranz felt about being drafted fifth by the Tribe, he stated, "It feels good. I'm just really excited about it."

Drew is a guy who was first on my priority list in this year's draft and I'm very excited to have him in our system. He fills a need for a lefty who is a power arm in our system and eventually in the bigs. There have been some concerns about his control (his walk rate is up this year than in year's past) as well as his throwing motion, which he can sometimes be inconsistent with. However, if Pomeranz can stay healthy and develop his third pitch changeup, he's a guy we can see in a Cleveland uniform in the near future.

Video: Here is a video courtesy of MLB.com:
Baseball Video Highlights & Clips | Draft Report: Drew Pomeranz, College Pitcher - Video | MLB.com: Multimedia
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