1sr Rd. - 5th Pick Overall - Cleveland Indians - LHP - Drew Pomeranz

1. Drew Pomeranz – Mississippi – ace of Ole Miss staff in 2009… 8-4, 3.40, 16 starts… struck out 124, walked 37 in 95.1 IP… was drafted by Rangers in the 12th round of the 2007 draft… BA ranked as 11th top sophomore in 2009…






7/07 fr. www.projectprospect.com :Pomeranz is a 6-foot-5 lefty with smooth mechanics, a fastball that sits 92-93 mph and touches slightly higher, a devastating curveball and good command. Last season, the Rebels’ ace struck out 31.2% of batters he faced last year while walking 9.3%. When I saw him earlier this spring he didn’t use his changeup much, but showed some feel for it. If his change can develop into a solid third offering, Pomeranz could have a long career as a No. 2 starter





7/13: Pomerance threw a wild pitch against Team Japan, which was followed by six runs, and the first loss of the year for Team USA.



7-20: pitched 6.0, 2-ER, 6-K, win, for Team USA win over Team Canada



7-29: From http://web.usabaseball.com/index.jsp - USA starter Drew Pomeranz (Ole Miss) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Team USA beat Germany, 8-1, in the championship game at the 2009 Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline World Baseball Challenge at Prince George Citizen Field.





8-1: from http://perfectgame.atinfopop.com - powerful build fb jumps with life out of his hand, mostly 91-93 early, off the table hammer gets hitters off balance and shows solid control. Could be one of top 5 on paper right now for 2010.



9-6: From an 8-25 post www.pgtracker.com: - “right now on paper, top 3 picks for 2010 MLB for me would be” - 1.) LHP Drew Pomeranz, U of Mississippi, 6'5 220, exploding fb, 90-95 range and hard breaking ball, questions on consistency I believe have been answered this summer. Not the best delivery, however, you can compare to Miller out of UNC 2 years ago.



9-16: From www.baseballamrica.com : - College Top 25 draft prospects 11. Drew Pomeranz, lhp Mississippi



9-24: From: http://mlbresource.blogspot.com: Mock Draft Version 1.0 – 11th pick overall - Drew Pomeranz, LHP - Ole Miss



9-28: From http://mlbresource.blogspot.com: - Mock Draft Version 2 - #4 pick overall - Drew Pomeranz, LHP - Ole Miss - The downfall of the Indians these past couple weeks is that they have struggled. The bright side however is that they are picking pretty high now and have a great shot at a kid like Pomeranz. This polished lefty along with last year's pick RHP Alex White give the Indians two quality starters two years in a row. With the truck full of prospects the Indians just acquired at the AAA level I could see them seeing the depth and taking a chance on a high school propsect but for now Pomeranz is the guy.



10-5 from http://mlbbonusbaby.com: 9. San Diego Padres – Drew Pomeranz, LHP, Ole Miss – (1st LHP pick in draft) - Left-handed power arms are hard to come by, and Pomeranz has one. There’s been some big questions about his arm action, and his lack of athleticism leads me to believe he’s going to be susceptible to the big arm injury. However, up to now he’s been healthy and effective, and his breaking ball can be one of the best in the 2010 class. He’s big, has a solid history, and is left-handed, so it’s hard to see him dropping out of the top fifteen without an injury of some sort.



10-5 from http://baseballdraftreport.com: - top 50 prospects in 2010 draft – #8 – Drew Pomeranz – 1st LHP on list



10-13 from www.mymlbdraft.com: 2010 MLB Mock Draft - #10 – (3rd LHP picked) – Drew Pomeranz



11-2 from www.perfectgame.com: - Future Scout Sully said: Here is my list of the Top 50 in the class. I have seen almost every one of these players. Went out to AFLAC for the week, saw team usa play, and went to many cape games: - 4- LHP Drew Pomeranz (1st LHP on list)



11-3 from www.mlbresource.com: 3rd Mock draft – 4. Drew Pomeranz, LHP - Ole Miss - I had the Royals taking James Paxton before but I believe if Pomeranz is here then the Royals have to take him. Pitching in the SEC gives Pomeranz big game experience and should shoot through the Royals system helping immediately. (1st LHP on list)



11-17 from www.mlbdraft.blogspot.com: - 5.Cleveland Indians- Drew Pomeranz, LHP, Ole Miss - The Indians are lacking a power LHP in the system, and Pomeranz would change that. At 6'5, Pomeranz sits low 90's with a curveball that is a legitimate swing and miss pitch. Cleveland will not pass that up. (1st LHP picked)

11-18 from www.macksmets.blogspot.com: - 9. LHP Drew Pomeranz – Pomeranz and Sale are the two top left hand pitchers is a draft with very few standouts. (2nd LHP on list)

11-20 from www.draftamerica.com: - 11. Toronto -- Drew Pomeranz, LHP, Ole Miss. Pomeranz misses bats and Toronto went after pitchers with their first four picks last year (despite only managing to sign their top selection, Chad Jenkins (RHP, Kennesaw St.)).

11-23 from www.deepleagues.com: - #4 - Kansas City Royals Drew Pomeranz (LHP, Ole Miss) (1st LHP on list)

12-15 from www.5tooltalk.com: Mock Draft – 1st round: - 6 Diamondbacks Drew Pomeranz LHP NCAA

1-7-9: Morisato's 2010 MLB Mock Draft - Version 1.0 - 5th Overall – The Cleveland Indians

Drew Pomeranz (LHP), Ole Miss - Drafted by Texas in the 12th round of the 2007 draft, Pomeranz was rumored to have signed just before the deadline. Obviously that didn’t happen, but whatever the case, Pomeranz’s decision will payoff for him in 2010, after he went 8-4 with a 3.40 ERA, striking out 124 and walking just 37 over 95 1/3 innings. He’s quite possibly the best college lefty in the draft, sitting in the low 90’s on his fastball, touching 94. He combines it with a spike curveball that is very effective, and also has a changeup that looks like a usable pitch. His delivery does have some funk to it, but overall he looks like a potential top ten pick at the least. Like all of these picks, Pomeranz isn’t a lock to go here either.

2010 MLB DRAFT MOCK DRAFT- 12/31/09 – www.jjscouting.com - 5.Cleveland Indians- Drew Pomeranz, LHP, Ole Miss - The Indians are lacking a power LHP in the system, and Pomeranz would change that. At 6'5, Pomeranz sits low 90's with a curveball that is a legitimate swing and miss pitch. Cleveland will not pass that up.



1-1-9 update: - -Guys with sinking draft stock currently include Kris Bryant, Yasmani Grandal, Drew Pomeranz, and Kevin Keyes. Keyes was never in the class of the other names here, but with his weight balloon and shift to first base, he’s lost a lot of scouting value.

1-1-9 from www.draftsite.com: - #11 Oakland Drew Pomeranz LHP University of Mississippi 6'5" 231 L,L

1-15-0 from http://mlbbonusbaby.com: - 16. Chicago Cubs – Drew Pomeranz, LHP, Ole Miss – Another player mentioned in my bits and pieces writeup, Pomeranz has drawn a few more audible complaints about his motion than I had been hearing back in October. That’s not necessarily a result of anything he’s done between then and now, but only a reflection of scouts that now have time to compare their summer scouting. He still has excellent upside, and a team like the Cubs who see him as a long-term starter might take the risk of trying to clean up his motion and preserve his arm from wear and tear. Previously: #9.

2-23: - Ole Miss's Drew Pomeranz struggled a bit, yielding two earned runs on four hits and two walks in four innings pitched. He did manage seven strikeouts.

4-1 from: http://web.goldenspikesaward.com/index.html?page=news_archive&article_id=62 - Pomeranz pitches at 90-94 mph with his fastball, and as Bianco points out, "Not only is it a premium fastball with velocity, but it's not straight, and he can throw it in to right-handed hitters and left-handed hitters. It has a lot of life and really good command." His devastating knuckle-curveball has become even more of a power pitch than it was in the past, increasing in velocity from 76-78 mph a couple of years ago to 79-82 now. And his improved changeup gives him a third weapon to use against righties sitting on his fastball.

4-6 from Jason Churchill/ http://www.baseballrumormill.com/2010/04/a-preliminary-top-5-mock-draft/#more - 5) Cleveland Indians - Drew Pomeranz, Ole Miss, LHP: As with the #2 pick, Ranaudo or another college pitcher like Alex Wimmers from OSU could go in this spot too. The Indians took a college pitcher with their top pick in 2009 (RHP Alex White).

4-9 from: - http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/on-campus/2010/269792.html - Top Pitcher - Drew Pomeranz, lhp, Mississippi - In stark contrast to the hitting crop, there is no shortage of elite college pitchers who have met or exceeded expectations in the first half of 2010. Though the top-rated college pitcher entering the season—Louisiana State junior righty Anthony Ranaudo—was sidelined for most of the first half with a stress reaction in his right arm, the other three members of the preseason All-America first team (Pomeranz, Georgia Tech junior righty Deck McGuire and Florida Gulf Coast lefty Chris Sale) have been brilliant… but Pomeranz is our choice for top pitcher of the first half because of the dominance he has displayed against a high caliber of competition, as well as the utterly overwhelming stuff he has shown, making him a strong candidate to be the first college player drafted in June.

4-14 from: - http://www.pgcrosschecker.com/articles/DisplayArticle.aspx?article=2261 - In a year light on lefties, Drew Pomeranz of Ole Miss is making the most of his opportunities to put an exclamation point at the top of the list of draft-eligible southpaws. Coming off a brilliant15-strikeout performance over Georgia, he is currently 6-0 and sporting a 1.57 ERA. In eight starts, spanning 51.2 innings, he has given up only 32 hits and 20 walks while striking out 80 batters.

4-21 from: - http://www.minorleagueball.com/2010/4/21/1435316/interesting-college-pitchers-for - LHP, University of Mississippi - First, the good news. Pomeranz is a 6-5, 235 pound lefty with a terrific arm. His performance this year has been excellent, with a 1.38 ERA and a 90/24 K/BB in 59 innings, with just 34 hits allowed. His K/IP and H/IP marks are outstanding, and are statistical confirmation of the stuff that scouts see: a 90-94 MPH fastball with movement and an unusually good breaking ball. His command can wobble on occasion, but his stuff is so good that even patient college hitters have trouble against him. The bad news...um, well, there really isn't any, other than the aforementioned occasional command issue. He could use a better changeup, but again that's a relatively minor concern considering his overall package. I expect he'll go either to the Pirates at Number Two or the Orioles at Number three.

4-28 from: - http://pnrscouting.com/scoutingreports_2010_pomeranzdr.html - Pomeranz leaves absolutely nothing to the imagination, but with his current stuff and profile he doesn't have to. A lefty with good velocity, a plus breaking ball and big workhorse build, all with an easy arm action and solid mechanics is a winning combination no matter how you slice it. The mechanical nits discussed above could prevent him from ever being more than an average command guy and, while his fastball/curve combo baffles collegiate hitters, he'll need to be a bit more precise to show consistent success at the next level. He started off the year in strong fashion from a BB/9 standpoint (an area that I marked as a potential concern due to his long arm action and potential difficulties repeating his release). However, the big lefty has regressed some as the season has worn on, going from 1.59 BB/9 in his first two starts to 3.16 BB/9 in March and 5.32 BB/9 in April. He continues to miss bats, but his ceiling is ultimately limited by his command and above-average, but shy of elite, arsenal. His erratic command and high strikeout totals also tend to lead to high pitch counts and could make it difficult for him to regularly work deep into games against more advanced hitters, though his build is such that he stands a good chance of enduring the long pro season provided he keeps-up with his conditioning. Pomeranz represents a fairly safe first round option in a draft filled with high school power arms and limited surefire offense. He should move quickly and provide good value as an inning-eating #3 starter with a shot at #2 upside



5-3 from: - http://www.mlbbonusbaby.com/2010/5/3/1455597/casing-the-states-mississippi#storyjump - Drew Pomeranz, LHP, Ole Miss - Easily the best name on this list, Pomeranz figures to be the top left-handed pitcher taken in the 2010 draft. Pomeranz has been a prospect for a long time, and if it weren't for his strong Ole Miss commitment, he would have been a high draft pick in 2007 out of high school in Tennessee. However, he had to settle for a 12th round selection by the Rangers, who failed to get close to signing him. He's gone on to have a tremendous career at Ole Miss, and he will leave as one of the most decorated players in school history. He's been the Friday starter for the last two years, and he sandwiched an excellent stint with Team USA between those college seasons. Using an above-average fastball with good movement, a plus to plus-plus curveball and a developing average changeup, he gets plenty of swings and misses, and he projects to be a solid #2 starter at the next level. He's been a potential first rounder for this draft class since his freshman year, and he's done even more to cement his status as a true top ten pick in almost any year with an incredible junior year. He has outpaced fellow left-handed college starter Chris Sale for the top spot of left-handed starter in this class, and he stands a better-than-average chance of being the first college arm off the board in June. Projected Draft Range: #2 Overall-#7 Overall



5-3 from: - http://www.mlbbonusbaby.com - You have narrowed down your choices to four players, and it's time to make the final decision. The first player you are interested in is Ole Miss left-handed pitcher Drew Pomeranz. You believe that Pomeranz is going to be a #2 starter in the future, but you have some concerns about his arm action. You think he's a little stiff, and the odds of him coming down with an arm injury within the reasonable future is high in your estimation. However, you think he offers the best upside and relative safety of the early college arms, and you're not going to be scared off by the injury factor, since your department firmly believes that all pitchers are susceptible to injury anyway. Pomeranz is willing to sign for close to slot money, which is around $3.5 million.

5-10 from: - http://www.baseballrumormill.com - Coming off of a solid outing last week, Pomeranz could not keep the momentum going against Arkansas and their trio of big bats (Zack Cox, Brett Eibner and Andy Wilkins). He struggled, allowing four earned runs on nine hits and two walks over 6.2IP. According to Churchill, "His command was occasionally good, but he could not put away enough hitters once he reached two strikes, and he fell behind too many of them."