re: Official Adam4848 Baseball Preview Feb 11th (Season Predictions/SEC) *Page 10*

Height:6'1
Weight:172 lbs.


Height:5'11
Weight:197 lbs.


Height:6'0
Weight:184 lbs.


Height: 6'0"
Weight: 185 lbs.

RELIEF PITCHING

Aaron Nola Fr. *
Nick Goody Jr. *
Nick Rumbelow So. *
Kevin Berry Jr. *
Chris Cotton Jr.
Joe Broussard So.

Aaron Nola, the 22nd round draft pick of the Blue Jays, was arguably Mainieri's top pitching recruit from last year. Tiger nation is going to see a good dose of Austin's younger brother on the mound when the season begins and rightfully so. Nola pumps the gun anywhere from 90-93mph on average and has great command of his offspeed stuff that I see him as one of the top guys out of the pen. Nick Goody, the 22nd round draft pick of the Yankees, and Kevin Berry oddly enough remind me of each other. Both very similar pitching styles...nothing over powering, mostly relieing on location as well as contact outs. Nick Rumbelow has made amazing progress since his arrival to LSU's campus in the summer of 2010. Has been working steadily on his command and fastball has reached 93mph with that nasty slider he has. Don't be shocked at all if/when Rumbelow becomes the full time closer. Chris Cotton is back as the bullpen's situational lefty in need of quick outs or lefty on lefty matchups. Joe Broussard's arm is coming along nicely as well, if Chris is not used mainly out of the pen I see him returning to the weekday starter position. I'll cover more of the pitchers tomorrow...

Nola
Arm Strength----------65
Movement--------------65
Stamina-----------------55
Control-------------------65

Goody
Arm Strength----------55
Movement--------------55
Stamina-----------------40
Control-------------------55

Rumbelow
Arm Strength----------65
Movement--------------65
Stamina-----------------50
Control-------------------50

Berry
Arm Strength----------50
Movement--------------60
Stamina-----------------35
Control-------------------60

*Scale 20-Lowest, 50-Average, 80-Top of the Charts*