Draft Prospect: - LHP - Justin Jones

1)      LHP     Justin Jones

Ranked #45 in the 2012 Prospects List compiled by the All-American Athletic Foundation link

5-9-11: - http://bullpenbanter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=417:college-baseball-weekend-12-observations&catid=18:articles&Itemid=11 -

Tall and lean with thin thighs; projectable body

Lincecum-esque delivery, perhaps a bit less extreme

High 3/4 arm slot without much effort

Fastball is firm with late sink and arm side run

Fastball is definitely hittable when left up in the zone

Slow, big sweeping 11-5 curve ball with excellent depth and steep break

Curve is consistently a good pitch, but will occasionally break off one that is excellent with sharp steep break; maintained its sharpness throughout the entire outing

Angle on the curve ball makes it very difficult to square up; induced many weak foul balls; can also miss bats

Change-up has drop with only average action (occasionally a tick above)

Change-up has ground ball tendencies but doesn't fool many batters; unlike with the curve, he seems to slow his arm down a bit when throwing it

Slider with good late movement 10-4; doesn't throw often but looked solid the couple times that he did

Command of his fastball and change-up was just OK; had a tendency to miss with both pitches up and to his arm side; did a better job of keeping both pitches down later in the game

Commanded the curve ball to both sides of the plate; threw for strikes and as a chase pitch

Mixes pitches well and used the curve ball as his out pitch

6-20-11: - http://bleacherreport.com/articles/740905-omaha-eye-openers-2012-mlb-draft-prospects-at-the-2011-college-world-series#/articles/740905-omaha-eye-openers-2012-mlb-draft-prospects-at-the-2011-college-world-series/page/6   - After Renda, the next top guy is floppy-haired LHP Justin Jones. Jones will be searching for his 10th victory of the season in the CWS, and if he gets it, he would have posted back-to-back 10-win campaigns. As a freshman, Jones made an immediate impact, going 10-6 with a 4.22 ERA in 18 games (15 starts). He tossed two complete games and joined Renda on the Freshman All-American Team. This season, Jones stepped up his game, posting a 2.93 ERA, tossing three complete-games, and finishing first on the team with 119.2 innings. He also led the Bears with four pickoffs.