Yanks Select Adam Warren In 4th Round Of 2009 Draft
Posted by Steve L. on June 10th, 2009 · Comments (2)
Most of the reports that I’ve seen say he’s a pitcher and not a thrower. (Translation: His fastball is in the 89-93 MPH range, most of the time.) And, that, at best, he profiles to be a middle of the rotation guy and not an ace (in the majors). Adam says that he has “modeled his game after Curt Schilling and Josh Beckett.” Let’s hope that means he’s not afraid of pitching in the spotlight and not that he’s a horse’s rear-end in the way that he conducts himself. (Yes, that’s a joke and a jab at Schilling and Beckett. I’m not saying that Warren has diarrhea of the mouth like Red Light and Trailer Park Josh.)
Along the same lines, the Yanks selected Sean Black from Seton Hall University. I happened to be in attendance when he pitched against Rutgers on 5/9/09 and came away fairly impressed with him. I’m not a scout by any means but I’ve begun to learn a few things about scouting and, other than his trouble working from the stretch/working with runners on, he looked like a nice mid-rotation/back-end starter. He was hitting 94 on the gun with his fastball that day and featured a pretty nice splitter and curveball.
I’m positively chuffed that someone I scouted with my own eyes is now a Yankee!!
Further to my comment, attached is scouting info on Sean Black:
http://tinyurl.com/ko76pg
This scouting report comes from an Orioles scouting website that also publishes general (meaning non-O’s) baseball reports, as well as pieces on amateur/collegiate baseball and prospects. Good site, FYI.