More Zach Braddock Discussion

[pogokat]

Look for a new power 50 and the May edition of farm hops up early sometime next week...

[tookej]

You tease! I was thinking about the Power 50 just last night. Can't wait.

[DannyKmilw]

Is Zack Braddock a shoe in top 10... top 5? Just wondering what others think. I know its still early but his numbers are impressive he is a LHer with a great frame and only 19, but only a year removed from 31BB vs 30K in 39IP. Just hope he dosnt revert to last year.

[pogokat]

Braddock will make the list...but he's got to maintain a high level of performance to get near the top 10...

[Athens Badger]

What kind of stuff does he have? Any smoke on the fastball?

[pogokat]

We had reports from Zach himself last week that he's an 89-91 kinda guy...I'm going to speak to him in a couple of weeks, and hopefully see him pitch so i'll try to verify this..

 

for a lefty, a 91 MPH fastball is pretty good...i'd be more concerened about the lack of overpowering velocity if he was a righty...

 

Not to compare him to anyone, as i've never seen him pitch, but he throws harder than Jeff Housman and not as hard as Manny Parra

[Athens Badger]

Good to hear that he sneaks into the lower 90s with his heater. For a lefty that is plenty good. What kind of off speed stuff? Planning a write up after you talk to him?

[pogokat]

If i get to see him pitch, i'll go as in depth as possible...otherwise, it'll just be a paragraph or two...

[Jim Goulart]

Just a reminder, you can purchase a one-day pass from MiLB.com ($3.95), and then watch the archived West Virginia TV game from April 25th, in which Zach Braddock and Alex Periard combined to win 7-1, walking none and striking out nine between them.

 

web.minorleaguebaseball.c.../video.jsp

 

Been meaning to do this myself, haven't done so yet -- there's also a couple of Yovani Gallardo archives you could pull up while on that same one-day pass.