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Nathan Eovaldi blasting past his peers

For the longest time, it seemed like last year's 11th rounder was the furthest away from establishing himself as an elite pitching prospect in the organization. Eovaldi got knocked around pretty heavily, in fact, in his first 1 1/2 months at Class A Great Lakes. Was the 19-year-old Texan having a hard time adjusting to a cold weather climate or were his secondary offerings simply not refined enough for full season A ball? It's probably a little from Column A, a little from Column B. But whatever the case, he's been absolutely DOMINANT since 5/21. So dominant that he's put up a ridiculous 1.01 ERA in his last 35.2 IP. While his highly acclaimed peers, Chris Withrow and Ethan Martin, continue to struggle with command, it's been Eovaldi who's been the model of consistency of late. With his season ERA now a very good 3.90 and his K rates climbing to respectable levels, he's flirting with a Top 5 spot in a very wide open race in our Prospect Rankings.

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Very happy that it’s finally starting to click for him. Coming back from TJ surgery, takes a while to get back into the grove. Regardless of where the ERA is, I am very satisfied with Withrow’s first full season as well.

Martin is disappointing after an amazing April.

by npurcell on Jul 5, 2009 10:09 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

A glimpse into the future?

I love to hear that the Blue’s future looks bright/ thanks for the info.

by Pedro's curse on Jul 12, 2009 1:51 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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