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Thursday, June 05, 2008

Scouting College Prospects Aaron Crow and Pedro Alvarez

A couple more scouting reports on two of the draft’s top prospects…

Crow offers a lot to like. A mid-90’s fastball that he commands extremely well, a hard slider many rate as plus, and a change-up that currently rates about average but in which he has shown a pretty good feel for. While his fastball command is better than his command on his breaking stuff, he still has pretty good control of both his off-speed pitches….

...On the whole, Alvarez’s swing is pretty simple. His hip rotation is aggressive and forceful; he doesn’t let his hands get out in front. Rather, he turns his hips and hands together. He could stand to let the ball travel a little deeper, but that may just be a result of this one particular swing.

NoVaO Posted: June 05, 2008 at 05:26 PM | 1 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
  Tags: amateur, college, minor leagues, orioles, pirates, prospect reports, reds, royals, scouting, white sox

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   1. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: June 05, 2008 at 11:56 PM (#2808382)

If Alvarez can stay at third base, he could be a top-5 player at his position. Move him to first base and he becomes a top-12 or so player


I've heard his 3b defense isn't so great.

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