[BA] Gulf Coast League #4: Kyle Waldrop
Baseball America 選出 2004 年各小聯盟的前 20 名新秀。
Gulf Coast League 是 Rookie 等級的聯盟，雙城旗下有 GCL Twins。
4. KYLE WALDROP, rhp, Twins
Age: 18 Ht: 6-5 Wt: 195 B-T: R-R Drafted/Signed: Twins '04 (1)
W L ERA G SV IP H HR BB SO AVG
3 2 1.42 7 0 38.0 32 1 4 30 .229
With four extra picks in this year's draft, the Twins tapped into one of the
draft's strengths: high school arms. They took six pitchers in the first three
rounds, including four from the prep ranks, the top three of whom -- Waldrop,
Jay Rainville and Anthony Swarzak -- made the GCL top 20.
Waldrop, who went 22-0 in his final two high school seasons, was as advanced as
any prep pitcher in the draft. With three pitches he threw for strikes almost
at will, he walked four in 38 innings before being promoted to the more
challenging Rookie-level Appalachian League, where he walked three in 25
innings.
"He's very advanced for 18," Twins manager Riccardo Ingram said. "He can pound
the strike zone with three pitches. His fastball is 88-89, but with a tall,
slender body, you know there's more velocity in there."
Managers praised Waldrop's feel for pitching, as well as sound mechanics. His
changeup and mound presence were advanced for a teenager. His spike curveball
is a plus pitch at times.
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