IamTheIan

Thank you very much for the response. I really appreciate it.

Left handed pitcher Matt Petiton from Garden City, New York pitched a perfect game yesterday against South Side. I faced both Garden City(including Petiton) and South Side in the last two weeks and I believe I have some stuff I can tell you about Matt. Fist of all, South Side isn't such a great team. They have one good hitter(he bats leadoff. Perfect Game gave him a rating of 6.5 or 7) I am not trying to take anything away from Matt. It is just that there are better teams that he has dominated so this shouldn't really shock anyone. As for his stuff, when we faced him he wasn't at his best. He was throwing 88-89 all game but he touched 91 a few times. His curveball has a 1-7 break and he usually locates it well(it is usually in the low 70's, I believe). His changeup was pretty good at about 80. He did not have his best stuff when he faced us. He walked five(2 hits, one off the end of the bat that just got over the first baseman's head, and one liner to center) and came out after 6+ innings(in a 7 inning game). He picked off two runners in the game but I felt that his move could be picked up pretty easily if you were paying close attention to how he worked on the mound. Despite his lack of control, he still only gave up two hard hit balls the entire game. I lined out to left in the third inning and our cleanup hitter lined a single to center to lead off the 6th(he was taken out right after). He started to lose his stuff(velocity drop, trouble locating pitches) in the fifth inning, so based on this one time I have seen him pitch, he looked like a future reliever to me(unfortunately I do not know how many pitches he threw. For all I know he was at 100 when he started to lose his stuff.). Obviously, though, his career is based on more than one high school start and I am no scout so don't count on what I say about his future role. I have a couple of questions for you guys. Where do you think he will be drafted? Where do you think he would have been drafted if he did not commit to UNC? In case anyone cares, I believe a scout from the Reds was at the game when he pitched against us. I am not positive though.