11-1-9: link : rated the number one prospect on the US National team
1-9-10 from http://www.jjscouting.com/ : - Gerrit Cole: This 6-4 220 right-handed pitcher from UCLA has already made a big impact on the baseball world. Already being a first round pick by the Yankees in 2008, Cole should have repeated success in 2011, only having his name called a lot earlier in the first round. With a heavy fastball around the low-to-mid 90's, reaching the upper 90's and good secondary pitches, Cole should have a nice follow up year to his freshman year, in which he went 4-8. But don't let his record fool you, as UCLA had a down year as a team last year, but Cole's other stats were great. Posting a 3.49 ERA while striking out 104 and only walking 38 in 85 innings last spring helped propel him to Team USA. Once getting down to North Carolina with the team, Cole didn't slow up, goign 4-0 with a 1.06 ERA, striking out 46 and walking 10 in 34 innings. And one of the most impressive stats from his summer ball, might have been the opponents batting average, hitting a meager .106.
3/8 from: http://baseballdraftreport.com/ - SO RHP Gerrit Cole (UCLA) and SO RHP Trevor Bauer (UCLA) were both awesome this weekend against Nebraska. How awesome? So glad you asked. Cole put up the following line: 7 IP 2 H 1 ER 0 BB 9 K; Bauer’s numbers looked more like this: 6.2 IP 6 H 1 ER 2 BB 10 K. Just like last week, however, I’m as excited about a little thing that occurred in Cole’s start than I am about the entirety of his performance. Well, that may actually be a stretch, but I was impressed by his fourth inning showing all the same:
3-9-10 from: - http://collegebaseball360.com/2010/03/09/uclas-cole-gets-2010-usa-baseball-team-trials-invite - – Sophomore right-hander Gerrit Cole has been invited to the 2010 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Trials, as announced Monday by USA Baseball. Cole went 4-0 with a 1.06 ERA for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team in the summer of 2009. Cole has gone 3-0 with a 2.25 ERA through three starts this season, collecting 26 strikeouts and two walks in 18.0 innings. The native of Santa Ana, Calif., has limited the opposition to a .117 batting average in three games. In UCLA baseball history, only two Bruins – Troy Glaus (1995-96) and Josh Karp (1999-2000) – have competed for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team in multiple years. Last summer, Cole led the Team USA in strikeouts (46) and innings pitched (34.0) en route to leading the USA National Team to the 2009 World Baseball Challenge Championship in Prince George, British Columbia (Canada).
3-13-10 from: http://thecollegebaseballblog.com/2010/03/13/foleys-friday-thoughts : - There was also two more great pitching lines on Friday evening with Gerrit Cole dominating Texas AM Corpus-Christi and Mario Hollands beating Northern Illinois. Cole pitched 7.2 innings while allowing only five hits and giving up two runs (one earned) while striking out 15 batters as the UCLA Bruins picked up a 11-3 victory.
2-11 from http://www.pgcrosschecker.com/ - Gerrit Cole at this point is the cream of the 2011 draft crop, rivaled only by Rendon as the favorite to go first overall. His stuff is comparable to that of Verlander’s from the ’04 draft, as is his inconsistent command at a similar stage in their careers.
4-7-10 from: http://www.pgcrosschecker.com/articles/DisplayArticle.aspx?article=2253 - RHP Gerrit Cole (UCLA) throws in the upper 90s and has led a surprising UCLA team, ranked No. 2, to a 23-2 record thus far. Despite some recent control problems, Cole is 6-0, 2.49 with 61 K’s in 43 innings.
6-11-10 from: - http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/wait-til-next-year-draft-11-preview -pitchers - Gerrit Cole, UCLA, 2.92 FIP, 11.63 K/9, 4.17 BB/9. - The diamond of this class is Cole, which probably kills Yankees fans after he spurned the Bombers in the 2008 draft. Cole appeared to have a deal after New York took him in the first round, but he had a late change of heart, and wanted to experience college. UCLA head coach John Savage is also one of the renowned pitching instructors in the nation. Cole has made significant strides under Savage to get his fastball under command and to add a changeup to an arsenal good enough to succeed with two pitches. He’s regularly 95-97 mph, touches 99 often, and has shown occasionally plus movement in the past. His slider is inconsistently fantastic, and at 85-87 mph, it’s coming at a hitter hard.
6-13 from: - http://perfectgame.atinfopop.com/4/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=114295945&f=6174069131&m=3221081702 - RHP, Gerrit Cole, UCLA, 6'4 215, saw as an OF in 2008 during TOS, then saw a start and he was up to 94 that day with raw mechanics and is talked about being in top 5 for 2011.
6-14-10 from: - http://prospectinsider.com/360mock.php - 2011 Mock Draft - 3 Seattle Gerrit Cole, RHP -- UCLA
6-14-10: Named to 3rd Team NCBWA 2010 All-America Team - Gerrit Cole – 10-3, 3.25
6-15-10 from: - http://www.deepleagues.com/?p=1830 – 2011 Mock Draft - 3. Houston Astros Gerrit Cole P, UCLA
6-22 from: - http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/MLB_Draft#ixzz0rbHx9Kkj - Through six innings tonight, UCLA's Gerrit Cole was nigh unhittable against TCU. Mixing a 97-mph sinking fastball with a hellish slider averaging 87 to 88, Cole induced popup after popup and struck out nine Horned Frogs. Cole got out of the seventh and worked a scoreless eighth before leaving after 122 pitches (79 strikes). He finished with 13 strikeouts. The eight innings matched his season high. –
6-29 from: - Andy Seiler Mock Draft - http://www.mlbbonusbaby.com/2010/6/28/1541924/andys-first-2011-top-50#storyjump - 3. Gerrit Cole, RHP, UCLA
7-1 from: - http://sullydraft.blogspot.com/ – 2011 Mock Draft – 4. Gerrit Cole- RHP, UCLA
7-1 from: - http://www.mlbbonusbaby.com/2010/6/30/1544396/pats-first-2011-top-50#storyjump – Pat Hickey Mock Draft – 2. Gerrit Cole, RHP, UCLA
7-3 from: - http://milbprospects.blogspot.com/2010/07/early-version-of-top-50-prospects-for.html - Top 50 - 3 Gerrit Cole , RHP , UCLA
7-4 from: - http://pnrscouting.com/articles_teamusacollegiate_trialroster_07042010.html - Cole listed at a powerful 6-4/220 … Cole runs his fastball up to 98 mph, sitting 94-97, and backs it up with a mid-80s slider, upper-80s cutter and mid-80s straight change. On the season, Cole finished tied for 5th overall among D-I arms with 138 total strikeouts through regional play (he finished the season in Omaha with 154 total SO), and 12th overall with 11.50 SO/9. Owning some of the best pure stuff in college baseball, the UCLA ace still struggles with command and falls into bouts of wildness, resulting in a 4.08 BB/9.
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