Top Giants Prospects and Mechanics

With Alex Eisenberg

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I enjoyed reading that.

Nice find.

by DuikeBuike on Dec 9, 2008 8:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

+1

Dodgers fans eat their young.

by redhornet78 on Dec 9, 2008 9:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

interesting stuff

Bumgarner’s finish seems a bit abrupt, to my eye anyway, but not too bad.

Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa

by raisingcain on Dec 9, 2008 8:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

oh

I see he mentioned that.

Also, nice to hear Alderson’s made some mechanical improvements. But does he still pitch exclusively from the stretch, I thought he changed that.

Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa

by raisingcain on Dec 9, 2008 8:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

re:

I’m the author of that article and you are correct, Alderson did change to a wind-up. I’ve gone ahead and made the correction. To be honest, he was incredibly difficult to find video on.

www.baseball-intellect.com

by NovaO on Dec 10, 2008 5:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Alderson

I did not realize that Alderson threw from the top so much. They mention that his bottom half moves a lot as well which you can see in the video. But he looks rather fluid and solid.

I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!

by Giant among Angels on Dec 9, 2008 9:30 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I’m disappointed he didn’t have a video for AnVil. Maybe he’ll find one soon.

Adopted Giant: Aaron King

Wearing the crown by 2011. Or at least the LOOGY hat

by baetown415 on Dec 9, 2008 11:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

re:

baetown, first let me say I am extremely grateful for the link as it is much appreciated.

As for video, I do have video on Villalona, but time restraints prevent me from adding video to each player. There are a couple decent shots of Villalona on YouTube if you’re interested.

www.baseball-intellect.com

by NovaO on Dec 10, 2008 5:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Thank you

those were fantastic write-ups on all 5 of those prospects. much appreciated

by FluLikeSymptoms on Dec 10, 2008 5:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

thanks!!

I’m hoping to have prospects 6 through 15 done by Friday.

www.baseball-intellect.com

by NovaO on Dec 10, 2008 6:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

No problem Alex. Thanks for your work.

Adopted Giant: Aaron King

Wearing the crown by 2011. Or at least the LOOGY hat

by baetown415 on Dec 10, 2008 6:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

great link. thanks.

Ivan Ochoa - Heir to the legacy of Rob Andrews & Rikkert Faneyte!

Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!

by daveinexile on Dec 10, 2008 9:35 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I thought this was going to be a ranking of the top prospects in the Giants organization and a ranking of the top mechanics in the organization. I hear the guy that runs the Jiffy Lube near Chuckchansi Park (I shit you not, that is what it is actually called) in Fresno is pretty good.

by FluLikeSymptoms on Dec 10, 2008 12:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Interesting stuff.

by Dan from NM on Dec 11, 2008 12:21 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

If Mad Bum's fastball's future is only 70..

who has an 80?

proud father of the newly acquired Brandon Crawford..

by Azmanz on Dec 14, 2008 5:01 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Zumaya used to

80’s are supposed to be once-in-a-lifetime sorts of talents/tools/whatevers.

Adopted Giant: Aaron King

Wearing the crown by 2011. Or at least the LOOGY hat

by baetown415 on Dec 14, 2008 8:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

nice find. when does 6-15 come out?

by gore51 on Dec 14, 2008 8:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

never mind about the 6-15

by gore51 on Dec 14, 2008 8:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

what the hell is “scap loading”?

i adopt brian sabean... take that dramatic irony!

by Headhunter Rollins on Dec 15, 2008 8:46 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

scap loading...

is the loading of the shoulder (or loading of the scapula). The pitcher is pinching the shoulder blades together. The shoulder is loaded (muscles are stretched) horizontally and subsequently unloaded. It transmits power from the torso to the shoulder and the result is a whip-like arm action. It’s a major component of velocity and it has to be done efficiently to work. I hope I explained it OK.

If you’re interested, I talk more about scapula loading in this Clayton Kershaw article

www.baseball-intellect.com

by NovaO on Dec 18, 2008 5:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

If you go over to ProSportsDaily.com

and go into the giants forum, the author of this actually wrote in and from what i remember was explaining why his order, and rating where the way they were.

by kvdp12 on Dec 20, 2008 8:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs