By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
February 21, 2011
We’re going to begin this look in the seventh inning, where Gerrit Cole showed more signs of becoming a complete starting pitcher than I have seen in the previous two years. I’m still not completely sold that his best fit in the coming years won’t be as a shutdown closer, but in this look, he showed more signs of pitching maturity than he had in many previous looks. He was also the most efficient strike thrower I have ever seen him be.
The situation is a 1-0 lead with runners at the corners. His velocity and stuff are not slipping but his control is. In his first two college seasons, Cole would have reared back and tried to overmatch each hitter. Instead, he did a better job of maintaining his composure and looked like a pitcher instead of a thrower for the first time I’ve seen.
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
April 20, 2010
If the 2011 draft were today, it would boil down to this for UCLA right-hander Gerrit Cole.
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
February 26, 2010
Gerrit Cole threw three bad pitches in the first inning and two very good ones. He hit three Vanderbilt batters in the opening minutes, each with fastballs, and you have to give Cole credit for one thing. Not many pitchers can say they drilled the bases loaded. And not many pitchers can get out of a jam the way he did Friday night against Sonny Gray and Vanderbilt.
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
April 19, 2009
Five no-hit innings against metal bats is pretty good, I don’t care what league or what level. For Trevor Bauer, his one-hitter with nine strikeouts Saturday afternoon at Jackie Robinson Stadium might have carried one additional meaning: he did it against Washington, where his boy Tim Lincecum pitched.
Here at Baseball Beginnings, we’ve said before that we’re not just a damn good source of information, video, scouting reports and writing, but a karma factory. Bauer’s video appeared on the site Friday and he shoved on Saturday. It’s as simple as that. If it works for Rome, it can work for us.
In any case, you can see Bauer’s video here.
Gerrit Cole had a career-high 13 strikeouts on Friday night, and UCLA’s terrible twosome of freshman right-handers is on a roll. Not only are they pitching well in college, they’re also prospects, which means they belong here.
Gerrit Cole. Remember that name and head back here this week.
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By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
March 23, 2009
Living here in Los Angeles, I am neutral. Even though most of the Trojan fans were happy that day because UCLA got knocked out of the NCAA Tournament. While the Bruins were beating the Trojans on the baseball field, here’s all you needed to know about the first two at-bats between Cole and Green.
Cole’s command wasn’t there in the first inning. He left a pitch up that Green got his hands inside of and turned the other way for a triple. The next at-bat was a different story. Cole, who turned down the Yankees as a first-round pick to pitch for UCLA, blew away Green in the next at-bat. To be fair to Green here, Cole would have blown away probably a good majority of big league hitters in this at-bat. Cole started with a 96 mph two-seam fastball down in the zone, getting a swing and a miss. He dropped a power curveball at 81 mph that Green took for strike two. It was one of the best curveballs Cole threw Saturday. Ahead 0-2, Cole went for the jugular. He unleashed a nasty four-seam fastball that clocked at 97. Green checked his swing, but he knew he was done. There aren’t many hitters who can do anything with that kind of stuff. The truly scary thought is what happens when Cole develops consistency. That kind of guy can be a No. 1 starter in the big leagues.
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