re: Baseball Spring Scrimmage 2/4/23

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My thoughts…

Pitching

The biggest surprise for me today was Ulloa. He was 93-96 and looked like a guy that will pitch meaningful innings this year. Was throwing a secondary pitch 85-88 that was hard to pick up and an 83-84 mph slider.

Thought Coleman looked good in his 3+ innings. He hit 95 once and 93 a few times with 4 k’s and induced a lot of fly balls.

Anderson looked pretty good today…especially in the 1st inning. Noticed both Anderson and Coleman pitched inside to hitters a lot today. Bingham launched Anderson’s first attempt at a change up over left field bleachers. Anderson hit 94 a couple times and his CB is a plus pitch.

Little, Moffett both look like continued works in progress. Kade Woods velo was down a bit today. Walked a few too many for my liking.

Position Players

Pearson is currently on fire. Best preseason as a Tiger at the plate…by far. Hope it translates to hot start.

Kling showed off his plus arm today by throwing out 2 guys trying to advance to 3rd base from 2nd on fly balls to center. His arm is a little better than Crews imo.

Defense

Looked solid today. Anderson had a throwing error fielding a bunt. Otherwise solid

Looking forward to the season.

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Nothing to disagree with you on that assessment. It was my first time seeing Ulloa pitch. He's got good stuff and mixes it up well. Kept batters guessing most of his outing.

I'm also disappointed in Woods' outing. Just couldn't hit his spots with any of his pitches consistently.

If Little and Moffett can locate pitches and find their command, I think they both have a chance to contribute to this pitching staff. They both throw gas and have outstanding arm talent.