Chris Withrow Update

Through 2 innings of Spring Training, Withrow has faced 7 batters. He struck out 5 batters, induced 1 chopping weak grounder to first and hit one batter on a curve that slipped out of his hand.

2 innings 0 hits 0 walks 0 runs 5 Ks

According to Gameday he threw 12 fastballs, all within 93-95 MPH -- and he broke off a pair of nice curves to Oscar Salazar to K him last night vs the padres.

via cdn0.sbnation.com

“I saw him when he was really good at Double-A — throwing BBs at the knees,” said catcher Lucas May. "When he stays down with that very heavy fastball and he finishes, very few people can do what he can do. He’s developing a curve and a change and has a good feel, but he lives off his fastball. When he’s down, he really doesn’t need any other pitch.

“His fastball is heavy — no real sink or cut to it — so when he’s up, he’s hittable. At the knees, he’s tough to hit. The electricity with the fastball is there like [Clayton] Kershaw. The competitive drive is there, too. Kershaw’s curve and change are more developed, but no reason Withrow can’t get there. The second start I caught him at Double-A, after five innings, I came off the field and went over to Dish [pitching coach Glenn Dishman] and said, ‘Watch out for this guy, he could take off.’”

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100319&content_id=8848372&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la&partnerId=rss_la

Withrow will turn 21 on april fools day.