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Scott Radbourn
Starting Pitcher | Grand Rapids Red Dogs
Pitching His slider is sharp and breaks both horizontally and vertically. Radbourn can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Radbourn also throws a screwball. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.
Defense & Hitting Radbourn does an average job of holding runners. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Radbourn is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Radbourn has some pop in his swing.
-- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout
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