I was there. Got lots of autographs...Rich Harden wouldn't give me his for some reason..Ass.
Anyway I was impressed with Cotts. The radar gun showed his fast ball around 84 consistently, 87 max. Then his change was 68! He changes speeds every pitch, which explains most of the foul balls, then with 2 strikes he threw the fastball, which probably looks like 95 MPH after all of the offspeed. I think he will be great for us. He must be in the rotation out of ST 2004. Nivar got a 2B, but it barely got by 3rd, that basically explains the runs. 1 IP 2 K's. It was awesome. I saw a stud yesterday. Harden didn't impress me at all, infact it's pathetic that he started. Beane probably overhyped him because he realizes he traded his best future SP to us . As far as Kelton, he wasn't spectacular, and Pie couldn't touch the ball when he came up. I really liked the program they gave out when we came in the gates, I got about 9 autos on the cover.