[情報] 2011選秀報導(1st round)
1st round #18
Sonny Gray - RHP
Vanderbilt, Jr.
Birthdate: 11/07/89
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 200 lbs.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
mlb.com:
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=14729857&topic_id=18682064
Gray was a pretty good prospect coming out of high school. Now, after three
years at Vanderbilt, he's emerged as one of the better pitching prospects in
the game.
He's not the biggest guy in the world, though most teams will look past the
standard "undersized righty" bias because of his very good raw stuff. Gray
will throw his fastball up to 94 mph with some pretty good run and sink to it.
His breaking ball -- a slider that looks kind of like a hard, power curve --
gets swings and misses and can be a strikeout pitch in the future. His
changeup is a touch behind, but still has good fade and is a very good third
option.
His biggest problem has been with his command because of some mechanical/
delivery issues and that could hurt his stock a little, but not too much.
He's got the stuff to pitch at or near the top of a rotation, and if he can
show better control/command, he's still someone who should warrant
consideration in the top half of the first round.
BA:
12. Sonny Gray, rhp Vanderbilt
Gray was BA's No. 52 draft prospect as a high school senior in 2008, but a
broken ankle, 5-foot-11 frame and Vanderbilt commitment pushed him down the
draft until the Cubs took him in the 27th round. He figures to go 26 rounds
higher after three seasons with the Commodores. He has added plenty of
polish, throwing higher-quality strikes with similar stuff as he showed as
a high schooler. His fastball often gets better during games, sitting from
90-95 mph, touching 97 when he needs it. His size keeps him from getting
tremendous plane on his fastball, but he has the velocity to pitch up in the
zone. High fastballs help set up his best pitch, a power curveball at 82-84
with downer action. His changeup has come along, and after early reports
that it was a distant third pitch, he started using it more in May as it
showed improvement. Scouts laud his preparation and competitiveness, so
while he's tempting as a closer for his two-pitch mix, many scouts expect
him to remain a starter. He could stand to repeat his delivery more
regularly, and scouts haven't seen much of his change as they'd like.
Those are the only chinks in Gray's otherwise impressive armor.
perfectgame:
Sonny Gray
RHP / Vanderbilt
SCOUTING PROFILE: Gray might rank alongside UCLA righthander Gerrit Cole as
the premier college arm in this year’s draft crop were it not for the
simple, inescapable fact that he is a sub-six-footer—and righthanded, to
boot. Scouts traditionally distance themselves from that demographic, but
there seems little doubt that a club will roll the dice on Gray in June,
probably in the first 6-8 picks. In Gray’s case, there is simply no way of
ignoring the inescapable conclusion that Gray has a big arm, superior
athletic ability and instinctive feel for pitching. For added measure, he
has had a superior track record throughout his career at a Tennessee high
school, in three years at Vanderbilt and in two summers with Team USA’s
college national team. There remains some debate in the scouting community
whether Gray will remain a starter at the pro level or may be better served
pitching in short stints, but he appears well-equipped for either role. As a
starter, Gray has run his fastball at a steady 92-97 mph, and not only can he
locate it up and down in the strike zone, but he can make it cut and sink at
will. His cutter typically is clocked from 91-93, his sinker from 89-92.
Gray also has excellent command of an exceptional breaking ball that normally
ranges from 81-84 mph, but he has an uncanny ability to add and subtract
from it, and has been known to catch a hitter off guard by throwing it as
high as 86 or as low as 76. Gray has become a more complete pitcher this
spring because of the development of his changeup as a viable third pitch.
He normally throws that offering at 82-85 mph, and has used it a number of
times to get big outs against both lefthanded and righthanded hitters. In
the past, Gray often lost velocity on his fastball when he tried to
incorporate his change. If clubs remain uncomfortable with his size and the
extra effort he generates in his delivery, Gray could make a seamless
transition to closer as his fastball has reached 99 mph on the rare occasions
that he has been used in that role. His fierce competitive approach to
pitching might even be better suited for an end-of-game role. Through 10
starts this spring for the No. 3-ranked Commodores, Gray is 8-2, 2.00 with
46 hits allowed and 29 walks in 67 innings, to go with 80 strikeouts. As a
Friday-night starter for Vanderbilt as a sophomore, he went 10-5, 3.48, and
was even more dominant during the summer in his second tour of duty with USA
Baseball’s college national team, working six innings of a combined no-hitter
in his first start and going 3-0, 0.38 overall with 37 strikeouts and four
walks in 24 innings. The general criticism that scouts have with smaller
pitchers is their inability to withstand a starter’s workload over a long
professional season and also their tendency to lose plane and pitch up in the
zone. But Gray addresses both those concerns as he can squat more than 400
pounds and is very strong in his lower half. He also has a surprising
downhill tilt to his pitches, stemming mainly from a long stride that
enables him to extend down the mound like a much-taller pitcher. He also
pitches down in the strike zone consistently, so his smaller frame may not
prevent him from becoming a starter down the road. The biggest specific
knock scouts continue to have with Gray is his fringe-average command. If
anything, though, he walks more batters than he should because of how much
he pitches off his curveball in college. At the pro level, when he’ll pitch
more off his fastball, his walk total should decrease. His command to both
sides of the plate has improved drastically over his college career, and
should continue to improve. He also is one of the best fielding pitchers in
the country and controls the running game extremely well. Gray has long been
one of the more-recognized and most-accomplished athletes ever produced in
Tennessee, and was named the state male high school athlete of the year as
a high-school junior. His high school football team won the state 5-A
championship that year, and Gray was named first team all-state after passing
for more than 2,200 yards and running for 10 more touchdowns. On the baseball
field, Gray led Smyrna High to the state finals, going 11-1, 0.78 with 139
strikeouts on the mound while hitting .461-10-43. Had he chosen to sign a
professional baseball contract out of high school in 2009, he almost certainly w
ould have been a first-round pick. Gray, however, is a close friend of ex-
Vanderbilt lefthander David Price, the No. 1 overall pick in 2007, and had a
full appreciation for Price’s rise from a mid-round pick out of a Tennessee
high school to the top of the draft after three years with the Commodores,
and Gray almost certainly will follow a similar career path.
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/profile.asp?P=Sonny-Gray
age W L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO
2009 Vanderbilt 19 NCAA 5 1 4.30 22 4 58.2 65 29 28 6 20 72
2010 Vanderbilt 20 NCAA10 5 3.48 19 16 108.2 101 48 42 4 48 113
2011 Vanderbilt 21 NCAA12 3 1.97 17 17 114.1 77 29 25 4 41 119
http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/stats/2010-2011/teamcume.html
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