Whatever Mets scout recommended they draft Charley Thurber saw more than what his numbers indicated. In 2011, playing for the University of Tennessee, Thurber hit only .230, a 61 point drop from the 2010 season. Despite his low average, the Mets drafted him in the 39th round, making him a low-risk selection, and then assigned him to Brooklyn where the outfielder’s batting .277.
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Mazzoni to Pitch Soon for the Cyclones
According to ESPN’s Adam Rubin,
N.C. State right-hander Cory Mazzoni, the Mets’ second-round pick earlier this month, should appear in a game with Brooklyn within a week, although his innings counts will be severely restricted.
Mazzoni, drafted this year by the Mets in the second round, has a fastball that has reached 96 mph. It’s one of four pitches he throws.
Josh Edgin’s Out Pitches
According to Toby Hyde, St. Lucie reliever Josh Edgin
has a pair of big league pitches, a fastball that’s been 93ish and touched 96 on occasion and a wipeout slider in the low 80s. He’s played around with adding a two-seam fastball and a changeup, but his fastball and slider are his meal tickets.
With those “meal ticket” pitches, he’s been feasting on opposing batters. Given the Mets need for a better bullpen, if Edgin continues to mystify batters with his fastball and slider, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him invited to Spring Training in 2012.
Logan Verrett’s College Stats
Here are his 2011 stats at Baylor:
In 2011, opposing hitters got an extra base hit in 32% of his innings pitched and almost 36% of the hits he surrendered were for extra bases — much higher than in 2009 (26%) and 2010 (22%). I wonder what happened in 2011 to cause the increase in extra base hits.
Here are his stats for 2009 and 2010:
In 2009, hitters got an extra base hit in 35% of his innings pitched, while in 2010 they got at least a double in only 22% of the innings he pitched.
His 2011 season was the only one in which he did not strike out at least one batter an inning. A big plus is that in all three seasons he struck out more than three times as many batters as he walked.
Bats and Stats 