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Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on May 29, 2008 
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Joba Chamberlain was coming and going last night as the Yankees beat the Orioles. Andy Pettitte did the real heavy lifting, however.
Ian Kennedy’s time on the disabled list could be fairly brief. This notebook also has updates on the Big G with some big homers, some unusual stats from Tuesday and a Jorge Posada update.
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Camden Yards to Westchester in four hours. Love that Red Bull.
4 HOURS!!!??? I’m driving down in August. How did you do that?
the yanks fly in to westchester airport?
Pete…you are a maniac ! ( and I mean that in a good way ! )
4 hours!! That is a long time, I guess I shouldn’t admit how quickly I’ve done it.
Here’s a link to MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo top 30 picks mock draft:
MLB.com’s top 30 mock draft link
Mayo sees the Rangers at #11 and the Yankees at #28 as possibilities for Boras advisee Gerrit Cole. MiLB.com has compared Cole to Kyle Farnsworth. Baseball America suggested Cole could slip to the Cubs at #19 or the D’Backs at #26.
Here’s a link to MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo top 30 picks mock draft:
MLB.com’s top 30 mock draft link
Mayo sees the Rangers at #11 and the Yankees at #28 as possibilities for Boras advisee Gerrit Cole. MiLB.com has compared Cole to Kyle Farnsworth. Baseball America suggested Cole could slip to the Cubs at #19 or the D’Backs at #26.
Here’s MiLB’s profile on Gerrit Cole:
Gerrit Cole’s profile link
Here’s MiLB’s profile on Gerrit:
Player Name: Gerrit Cole
Position:Player Name: Starting Pitcher
School:Player Name: Orange Lutheran HS (Calif.)
School Type:Player Name: High School
Academic Class:Player Name: Senior
Birthdate:Player Name: 09/08/90
Height:Player Name: 6’3″
Weight:Player Name: 190 lbs.
Bats: Right
Throws:Player Name: Right
Focus Area | Comments
Fastball: Cole was throwing 95-98 mph early and settled in at 92-94 throughout his start.
Fastball movement: He usually has plus arm-side sink and bore, though he was fairly straight in this outing.
Slider: It’s an average pitch now, which he throws 78-82 mph, but it projects as a plus pitch in the future. It has some depth coming from a 3/4 arm angle.
Changeup: It’s a little too firm at 79-80 mph, but he’s got a good feel for it.
Control: He’s an above-average strike-thrower for a high schooler, letting his stuff work for him in the zone.
Poise: His makeup on the field can be an issue, as he gets animated with umpires and teammates at times.
Physical Description: Cole is a projectable high school right-hander who compares a bit to Kyle Farnsworth.
Medical Update: Healthy.
Strengths: His projectability and his stuff, with the ability to throw three average to plus pitches, and to throw them for strikes.
Weaknesses: He has some mechanical issues with his delivery, with an arc in the back and a tendency to throw across his body; he gets too emotional on the mound.
Summary: A projectable high school right-hander with the capability already to throw a fastball up into the upper 90s is bound to garner interest. Throw in a future plus slider and a changeup, all for which he can throw for strikes, and it’s no wonder Cole is considered one of the top prep pitchers in the class. He’s going to have to work out some kinks in his delivery and he’s got Scott Boras as an advisor, but neither of those issues should keep him from being drafted early.
Egads – another farnsworth?? hmmm… bad idea or more upside?
4 hours isn’t bad. But you could definitely get that down to 3 1/2. My fiance is from Baltimore and I could consistently get that when I’d drive down to see her. Maybe an extra Red Bull will do the trick!
My best time (with a little speeding along the way) 3 hours and 10 minutes and that included one stop. I guess I was driving a LITTLE fast. I was there this April 20th for the Yankee game (WE WON!!)and I made it in 3 hrs 25 mins (with a stop). That’s coming from Queens…
I was at Pinstripes in the Park last night …great weather, terrific fellow friends and fans but most importantly …A YANKEE WIN!!!
Go Yankees 2008 !!!
Never been to the east coast, but once made Fairbanks, AK to SLC in 68 hours.
Cam, 3 hours and 10 minutes with a stop, from queens? You must have been doing 100 the enitre time. I made it to B-More in about that same time, but I was leaving from south staten island.
Pete, why are we getting ‘Adult Entertainment’ ads?
it’s bad enough i have the blog opened at work most of the day. someone walking by and seeing that ad may not lead to the best situation.
yankees suck!
It all depends on how jammed up I-95 is up around the Wilmington / Philadelphia exits, somehow it always to get snarled up around there. I can make it from lower Delaware to NYC (midtown) in around 3 1/2 hours.