Leroy Hunt

 

Scouting Report: The Reds drafted Hunt in 2005 as an outfielder out of high school and followed him to Sacramento City College. He had enormous raw power as a hitter but never seemed to get comfortable at the plate against good velocity, so Sac City moved him to the mound to take advantage of his arm strength. While he remains raw, Hunt has one of the best fastballs in the state. It has heavy sink and boring armside run, and Hunt throws it in the 90-94 mph range, touching 95 at times. His secondary stuff (slider, changeup) is almost nonexistent, but that didn't stop him from a 40-inning scoreless streak this spring, including a pair of outings against better-regarded Matt Thompson of Santa Rosa (Calif.) Junior College. Hunt needs to develop either his slider or changeup to have a second pitch, a concern because he hasn't shown much aptitude so far. He doesn't have a four-year college option and should be an easy sign, and with his intimidating size (6-foot-6, 220 pounds) and fastball, he profiles as a power reliever.

This is our scouting department at work these last two picks. I haven't even heard of LeRoy Hunt.

sidearmer

damnit. Leroy Hunt

 

Related to former Sox legend Rusty Kuntz or does Leroy have a brother named Mike?

with zero control from his video

If they were going to pick another pitcher I would have gone with the lefty from Kaneland HS in Maple Park. There was a special on CSN about him. He throws 94-97 with the fastball.

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LeRoy Hunt?

W€ll at least we didn't draft his brother Mike!

 

 

 

with zero control from his video

i noticed that... ick

Danny,

 

If you see this, what's the site again with the Mizzou baseball recruit info?

LeRoy sounds like a nice reliever. Not a bad pick.

Another hard thrower with lack of secondary stuff. The Sox brass must obviously be confident they can teach these guys to develop their other pitches.

 

All in all, we really need to be taking some position players soon. Young pitching is a valuable commodity yes, but I think we're pretty deep in it now, and you can't certainly say that for our position prospects, especially up the middle.

W€ll at least we didn't draft his brother Mike!

 

If this is the right Leroy Hunt, he was drafted out of High School by the Reds in 2005.

If they were going to pick another pitcher I would have gone with the lefty from Kaneland HS in Maple Park. There was a special on CSN about him. He throws 94-97 with the fastball.

 

is that casey crosby?

click the draft tracker - the flash thing. then go to the sox and look at Ely's info - there should be a thing that says 400k. click it.

 

Thanks man.

If they were going to pick another pitcher I would have gone with the lefty from Kaneland HS in Maple Park. There was a special on CSN about him. He throws 94-97 with the fastball.

I believe he is considered a tough sign as he wants to go to Illinois.

Minnesota hasn't drafted one pitcher thus far.

Minnesota hasn't drafted one pitcher thus far.

good

They said on the telecast that Crosby has priced himself out of the first few rounds.

Looking at the video, Ely certainly gets into good fielding position.

//hijack

 

Nice play, Josh!

 

//endhijack

Wow, Hell of a play by Fields.

 

(I know this isn't the game thread.)

 

holy s*** i didn't even realize the game had started. lol. guess this is more interesting.

We might as well bring a little game thread in here.

Probably would have liked someone different with that pick.

Has that Guinn player been picked yet?