Yeah, Carrillo looks real impressive on the scouting tapes.

 

Broadway shows a real nice breaking pitch in his videos.

 

Townsend has a real, real good breaking ball in his, too -- decent fastball.

 

Torra didn't look that great, but the highest he hit on the gun was like 90 -- so, I'm guessing it was just a bad day at the ballpark or something.

Yeah, Carrillo looks real impressive on the scouting tapes. 

 

Broadway shows a real nice breaking pitch in his videos. 

 

Townsend has a real, real good breaking ball in his, too -- decent fastball.

 

Torra didn't look that great, but the highest he hit on the gun was like 90 -- so, I'm guessing it was just a bad day at the ballpark or something.

That gun may be the type that is a little lower. There are two types of guns (I forget how they both work and I don't really remember much its been a long time and for all I know this isn't the case anymore) but one gun would always read higher than the other.

 

Townsend velocity was a little lower than Torra's. Torra was more consistent, imo. Townsend did have a nice sharp slider, but aside from that really looked mediocre. Didn't look near as crisp as Carillo (who I actually think has uspide, more so than Townsend and I was big on Townsend earlier) and than there is Bogu who I flat out like a lot.

It also depends on the distance from the pitcher, the angle of the gun etc, so its not an exact science by any means. Mainly I look for their offspeed pitches etc and movement on the pitches and how the hitter reacts to the pitches.

This is from BA on Broadway:

 

June 6: Lights Shining On Broadway

by John Manuel

 

Texas Christian righthander Lance Broadway, considered a consensus supplemental or second-round talent three weeks ago, has surged into the middle of the first round for several reasons. First and foremost, Broadway finished a stellar season--15-1, 1.62, with 151 strikeouts and just 35 walks in 117 innings--with three quality starts against regional opponents. He tossed back-to-back shutouts against No. 1 Tulane (a four-hit, 10-strikeout complete-game performance on May 20) and Southern Mississippi (6 IP, 9 SO), then beat Stanford on Friday with a six-hitter, giving up one run and striking out seven. Broadway is efficient, commands his average fastball well and has one of the draft's best curveballs. Polished college righthanders with a plus pitch are hard to find this year, and Broadway's recent efforts vaulted him past Miami's Cesar Carrillo and Massachusetts' Matt Torra as the top righty not represented by Scott Boras on most draft boards.

Normally I'm not thrilled with guys that shoot their stock up right before the draft as I wonder what the heck they were doing for the previous year. But Broadway seems to be a good talent that just finally came into his own after JC and a year at TCU. Said his fastball is average but has room to grow. Then again how often have you seen a college pitchers fastball grow? Not much from my opinion, its always talked about but never really seen by me. Just my opinion.