April 20, 200620 yr Can I please have a scouting report? How old is he? Ryan Tucker, RHP 4-4, 5.12 ERA, 46 IP, 56 H, 24 BB, 41 K The Fish were able to land Tucker with the compensation pick they received from the Giants for the Armando Benitez signing. He's got great life on a fastball that has crept into the high-90s at times. Tucker also isn't afraid to brush someone back with that pitch but needs to work on refining his off-speed stuff. "He's very aggressive, and it's all about being aggressive," Fleming said. "Those two [Tucker and Volstad] are very good to watch, because both are aggressive but they have a different style and pitch to their personality, which is important. We don't want them to be something they're not. Chris is a sinkerball pitcher, and Tucker is a straight power pitcher. We want him to understand that we want him to be aggressive early in the count. He'll get contact, but hopefully he'll have more swings and misses." Those are his stats from Jamestown last year I believe. Mr. Link
April 20, 200620 yr Harvey Garcia hits a consistent 94 and I've seen hit 95 a couple of times this year. Closer of the Future???
April 20, 200620 yr The future pen is looking good as far as the future is concerned...Harvey Garcia, Tank, Bowyer, Resop, Martinez(still high hopes for Kensing and Messenger as well)...hopefully these kids can all prove ready and able in the not so distant future so we can stop taking chances on guys like Herges and Joe Worthless.
April 20, 200620 yr Martinez is the best power arm we have in the system. He throws some heat along with a biting and devastating slider. I just hope he's okay.
April 20, 200620 yr i think i heard bowyer threw 97mph fastball. andino the shortstop's throws to first have been timed at 95mph.....
April 21, 200620 yr i think i heard bowyer threw 97mph fastball. andino the shortstop's throws to first have been timed at 95mph..... I think Ive heard Boyer hits 100mph...
April 21, 200620 yr i think i heard bowyer threw 97mph fastball. andino the shortstop's throws to first have been timed at 95mph..... I think Ive heard Boyer hits 100mph... Bowyer is our hardest thrower needs to work on location right now...you can throw hard but need a good 2nd pitch to be ready to close in MLB plus i may be mistaken his fastball lacks movement he would probably benefit from a cutter or a splitter just for general info Becket threw 7 pitches over 100mph in his last start...he has the people over in Boston totally dazed...we don't have an arm like that in our system Those comeup once a generation
April 22, 200620 yr Author yeah, Bowyer is definately a good one, but am curious to know more about this Tucker guy.
April 22, 200620 yr yeah, Bowyer is definately a good one, but am curious to know more about this Tucker guy. he needs to develop a good breaking pitch and changeup and get pinpoint location...he'd be unstoppable, billy wagner like!
April 22, 200620 yr Author Nice to hear. Seems like all the prized prospects we have are 94-96 on the radar gun, I know you don't need to be a Burnett or Beckett type to win ball games, but man, our future without a true power pitcher would suck, is Tucker a starter, do you guys have a baseball America scouting report on him or something similar?
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