Clayton Richard Starting Futures Game

[salty99]

I believe Getz went 0-2 but made a great stop in the field.

[Britt Burns]

Richard pitched just the first and took the loss, but from what I saw he threw pretty well.

[The Immigrant]

Clayton was just selected for the U.S. Olympic Team. That's the good news. The bad news is that he will spend a month in China during the penant race.

[Tragg]

How fast does MB throw?
You never know...if this kid can throw strikes and hit a lot of corners, he can pitch in the big leagues.

[oeo]

Originally Posted by Tragg

How fast does MB throw?
You never know...if this kid can throw strikes and hit a lot of corners, he can pitch in the big leagues.

Very rarely hits 90. Mostly in the 86-89 range.

Originally Posted by Sockinchisox

I'm just going off of things I've read, I really don't know much about him. I'm just saying the things I've read say he has very mediocre stuff but excellent control.

Glad Tragg brought up Buehrle, because this description is Mark Buehrle in a nutshell. Not saying he will succeed like Buehrle, but location matters more than anything.

[Tragg]

I saw Broadway pitch a couple of times in college and that's what he was...he didn't throw hard but had great control. I was suprised he was picked so early, but he was advanced and dominated college hitters. But, hitting corners sufficiently to fool college hitters is a lot different than hitting the corners sufficiently to fool upper level professionals - you must be more precise and use both sides with equal proficiency. Broadway, just from his stats, doesn't look like he's improved since college.
It's not just the corners - you have to consistently throw right at the bottom part of the knee in MLB.
But if you can do it, your in.