[球員] Mike Montgomery, LHP, Kansas City Royals
by John Sickels on Aug 22, 2011 2:01 PM EDT
Mike Montgomery Scouting Report
I went up to Omaha this past weekend and saw the Stormchasers in action
against the Nashville Sounds. Mike Montgomery pitched the Saturday game, and
here are some observations on the Kansas City Royals prospect.
Montgomery seems to have smoothed out his delivery from the last time I saw
him in the Arizona Fall League. He still has some noticeable stiffness with
the way his right leg lands, but he was repeating his delivery fine in this
game, at least from the second inning on. Montgomery went seven innings,
allowing seven hits and four runs, walking one and fanning six. All four runs
were given up in the first inning.
In that inning, Montgomery's fastball was 90-92 MPH, thrown high in the zone
with little movement. His slider was flat, and he was telegraphing his
curveball; you could tell it was going to be the curve before he released it.
He was fooling nobody, his location was off, and he gave up the four runs.
However, in the second inning, and for the rest of the game, he looked like a
different pitcher. His fastball kicked up to 91-93, with life low in the
strike zone. His slider got much sharper, he did a better job selling the
curveball, and he mixed in some solid changeups.
A reader points out that Montgomery isn't supposed to throw a slider.
Whatever he was trying to throw in the first inning looked like it was
supposed to be a slider. Later in the game it looked to me like there were
two distinct breaking balls, a traditional curve and something with more bite
to it, but the reader is correct that a genuine slider isn't supposed to be
in Montgomery's arsenal. A well-placed Royals source confirms that Montgomery
isn't throwing a slider. I've gone ahead and left the report of what I saw
as-is, but I figured I needed to point this out.
I think the game was a microcosm of Montgomery's entire season to date. He is
5-8, 5.33 in 138 innings for Omaha, with 114 strikeouts, 66 walks, and 139
hits allowed. He's had some outstanding starts and some terrible ones. At age
22 he still has plenty of time to gain consistency. I had him rated a Grade
B+ pre-season. I don't know yet if I will drop him down to a Grade B, but it
is possible.
--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc)
◆ From: 61.31.163.181
Royals 近期熱門文章
PTT體育區 即時熱門文章
142
257