Cole starting afl stars game

[steelparrot]

on mlb network nov 5th I think it was.

Cant wait to see Grossman and Cole's 89 mph change up

 

[Illinest]

The scouts really seem taken with Cole in the AFL.

The Gerrit Cole hype will never match the Stephen Strasburg hype.

Unless . . .

Well, the word out of the Arizona Fall League is that Cole, the top pick in the June draft, is everything the Pirates could have hoped for. The buzz is that Cole has . . .

"As live a fastball as I've ever seen, and I'm going back to Nolan Ryan," one veteran scout (who doesn't work for the Pirates) said after returning from Arizona. "The first time I saw him, he was sitting at 100, 101 [mph]. He had a better fastball than Strasburg.

"They knew it was coming, and they still couldn't start fast enough to crank it up. He could have struck out big-league hitters with his fastball that day."

Cole's numbers in Arizona are good, but not stunning. In four games, he has pitched 12 innings, allowing four earned runs on eight hits, with three walks and 12 strikeouts.

The scout said that Cole's secondary pitches need work, and that even the velocity on his fastball could be inconsistent. The game after he pitched at 100-101 mph, Cole was throwing his fastball at 95 mph.

"But the life on his fastball was so impressive," the scout said.

 

[Darkstone42]

From that, I gather that so far he is exactly what we expected him to be.


And that's just fine.




If he gets those secondary pitches going, he'll be something.

 

[Darkstone42]

Also, I'm living in Arizona, I'll have to see if I can get someone to give me a ride out to see one of the games so I can give my own in-person scouting report.

 

[element1286]

Also, I'm living in Arizona, I'll have to see if I can get someone to give me a ride out to see one of the games so I can give my own in-person scouting report.

You should, that would be a fun road trip. I'm guessing since Arizona is such a big state nothing is close though.

 

[thedddd]

You should, that would be a fun road trip. I'm guessing since Arizona is such a big state nothing is close though.

To say the least. The game is in Surprise AZ, Darkstone are you in Tucson like your profile? If so that is about a 2 1/2 drive. I drove I-10 from Phoenix to Tucson once it took around 2 hours.

Anyway that would be cool to go see that game.

 

[element1286]

To say the least. The game is in Surprise AZ, Darkstone are you in Tucson like your profile? If so that is about a 2 1/2 drive. I drove I-10 from Phoenix to Tucson once it took around 2 hours.

Anyway that would be cool to go see that game.

Haha, yea, I was on a trip to New Mexico not too long ago, everything seemed close on the map, but in reality was like 5 hours away.

 

[Darkstone42]

To say the least. The game is in Surprise AZ, Darkstone are you in Tucson like your profile? If so that is about a 2 1/2 drive. I drove I-10 from Phoenix to Tucson once it took around 2 hours.

Anyway that would be cool to go see that game.

More time to see a tumbleweed.

 

[thedddd]

Haha, yea, I was on a trip to New Mexico not too long ago, everything seemed close on the map, but in reality was like 5 hours away.

Too funny...The worst deception if you ever get a chance is the Strip in Vegas. Everyone who goes for the first time thinks they can walk from one end to the other then after 1 Casino block they realize it is a lot further.

 

[steelparrot]

He got shelled 2/3 ip 5 runs..

He did hit 99 mph several times, just had no control.. Hopefully, just a bad day. I guess he will be going to fastball command school this coming spring.