Nick Hagadone

by templeUsox on Sep 5, 2007 8:32 PM EDT

Hagadone had a disastrous first professional start, giving up 5 ER in 1.1 IP. Since that outing, his line is:

23 IP, 8 H, 0.00 ERA, 32/7 K/BB

I had a chance to watch him pitch twice: once on Milb.tv and once live. The game I saw him pitch, he topped out at 96 mph and displayed excellent control, a very good slider and a changeup which got better as his outing went on.

In his next outing, he reportedly hit 98 once and got up to 97 mph a couple of times.

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Should of stayed in..

Him and Dylan Owen coudl of had an amazing pitching Duel

his line
3 IP 1 Hit 1 Walk 6 k's 1.85

Dylan's line
6 IP 3 hits 0 walks 10 k's 1.51

Owen could still pitch another inning

by Maine Man on Sep 5, 2007 8:32 PM EDT reply actions

Hagadone

I liked him a lot coming into the draft. Just by looking at his results, he appears to be a frontline starting pitcher. And from what I hear from you guys about him topping out at 98, that backs up my point. I think he should have been a first rounder and is gonna be making a lot of people regret passing on him.

by FishHead on Sep 5, 2007 10:34 PM EDT reply actions

uhm, question.

he looks like a frontline starter because hes dominating with 3 IP per start in the NY penn league?

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/D/Andrew-Dobies.shtml
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/H/Tommy-Hottovy.shtml

Hell, going along the same lines, Kris Johnson and Justin Masterson were totally dominant last year even down to their GB/FB ratios. I watched one of his Lowell starts on milb.tv and his slider is definitely an above average pitch but he's far from a given with regards to sticking in the rotation (let alone being a frontline starter)

by PooNani on Sep 6, 2007 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions

it depends

id really like to see what his stuff looks like stretched out, as he looked much better out if the pen in college

by bmxstreetrider86 on Sep 5, 2007 10:44 PM EDT reply actions

took him

#34 overall in our mock draft because as you guys are mentioning, I thought he had the potential of becoming a good SP with at least three good pitches. at worst, i saw him becoming an impact late innings reliever or a closer.

LiNcEcuM and cAiN R STUDS

by z4 landshark on Sep 6, 2007 12:00 AM EDT reply actions

It all depends on how he takes

to being a starting pitcher.

If they can build the stamina up and he keeps like 85% of his relieving stuff then he will be a solid starter. He still has yet to throw more then 3 innings in an outing but anytime you get a tall lefty with a great fastball its pretty exciting

by Kanst42 on Sep 6, 2007 8:42 AM EDT reply actions