Yovani Gallardo Article

[adamf214]

With the bad news about Rogers, I thought you guys may be interested in an article from Project Prospect about the other pitcher who the Brewers took early in the 2004 draft.

 

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[Nader Raider Tim]

Is Gallardo thought to be a good hitting pitcher, the comment about his prowess with a bat was the comment that stood out to me?

[adamf214]

Yeah, he can rake...lemme see if I can get you some numbers.

[adamf214]

9-for-22 in Double-A (no xbh).

 

He had a really high BABIP (.474), but I've heard that he has a good hack and I don't think it's out of the question to expect him to hit over .225 in the bigs.

[Nader Raider Tim]

Thanks for the info, I remembered him having a couple of good games at the plate this year I just kind of wrote them off as an aberration.

[TheEndless7]

www.jsonline.com/story/in...?id=545316

 

Cool things about Yo in this article as well, from the Journal, was in the Dec 24th paper.

[Bikeage77]

Can someone lemme know how to pronounce Yo's name? I would believe it's Guy-Ar-Doh, but any clarity would help.

 

I'm excited to see this kid in the near future, he's all I heard about last year, I just pray he doesn't get any injuries or breeze through the Minors and then completely fall apart as another 40 man guy on our roster.

[pogokat]

ga- yar - doh

[UWRyan428]

www.athomeplate.com/pitcherprospects07.shtml

 

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Of the four [Hughes, Pelfrey, Bailey, and Yo], Gallardo has the best pitches right now, though the others have more potential.

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I've recently been quite curious how people view these four guys. You always hear the debate between Hughes and Bailey, and Pelfrey has just rocketed through the Mets' system. I just am quite excited to see someone say that the best arsenal at present is possessed by our young Brew pup.