Prospects: Scherzer, Gallagher, Rasmus
Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by dchase
Lets run down yesterday’s (April 12th) MiLB box scores.
Batters:
| Ian Stewart | 4/5 | HR(5), 3B(2) |
| Josh Fields | 2/4 | SB(3) |
| Fernando Martinez | 2/6 | 2B(7) |
| Andrew McCutchen | 2/4 | 2B(7), SB(4) |
| Steve Pearce | 1/3 | 2B(7) |
| Nate Schierholtz | 1/4 | 3B(2) |
| Colby Rasmus | 1/4 | HR(3) |
| Reid Brignac | 2/5 | 2B(5) |
| Adam Lind | 2/4 | Batting .379 |
Pitchers:
| Max Scherzer | 6.0, 3R, 9K |
| Sean Gallagher | 7.2, 1R, BB, 12K |
| Gio Gonzalez | 5.0, 2R, 2BB, 5K |
- Sean Gallagher was a very underrated pitching prospect coming into this season; he’s one of the youngest prospects in AAA, and dominating thus far: 5 walks, and 25 strikeouts, in 23.1 innings pitched. I’d put him in the same class as the Gallardo’s and Lincecums’ of 07.
Wow, you are really high on Gallagher to be putting him in the class of Lincecum and Gallardo. I am not hearing this kind of love anywhere else.
Good groundball rate? Check
Young relative to level? Check
Good K/BB ratio? Check
All signs of a pitching prospect with serious upside.
Where he lacks in eye-popping k-rate, he makes up for in his ability to induce the ground ball — an ability often overlooked/underrated in most talent evaluating circles.