D1 Game Notes
D1 Game Notes –
• Junior right-hander Brady Rodgers starts Friday nights for Arizona State and is one of two highly touted, draft-eligible pitchers on the Sun Devils roster. Rodgers’ first outing, two Fridays ago against Long Beach State was quite the gem, allowing two runs on five hits, striking out seven and walking three over nine innings. The Sun Devils went on to win the game in 12. One week later, Rodgers turned in another decent performance, allowing four runs on ten hits, striking out two in eight innings against a scorching UCLA offense. All four earned runs came in the 6th inning. Rodgers features four pitches, all of which have the potential to rate average or better. His fastball sits 89-91 with late armside run. In both outings, he showed terrific command of the pitch, working both sides of the plate and challenging hitters. It was most effective thrown outside to opposing batters where it’s nearly impossible to square up. Although he’s just 6-2/195, he has a strong frame and did a good job holding his velocity throughout both outings. His curveball comes in 73-75 with good, tight break and flashed plus-potential. In addition, Rodgers mixed in a decent changeup (79-81) with a little fade that kept hitters off-balance and slider (81-83) that showed sharp bite against UCLA but lacked consistency against Long Beach State.
• Deven Marrero (SS, Arizona State University) - Hit: Aggressive hitter that attacks the ball. Needs to improve knowledge of the strike zone and pitch recognition. Has above-average bat speed with good hands. Trigger can get a little lengthy at times, moving the bat to the zone slower than would be ideal. Line-drive swing without elevation or significant leverage. Can work from gap to gap consistently. Will battle desire to pull the ball at times. Needs to adjust approach against better pitching but has natural skills to be a solid-average hitter. Grade – 30/50 -
• Stat Lines:
o Clemson Jonathan Meyer - 4.0-IP, 2-H, 1-ER, 0-BB, 2-K, 41 pitches, 32 strikes
o Austin Fairchild – 3-0, 0.00, 30.1-IP 54-K
• Speed Checks:
o OF-RHP Courtney Hawkins – 91-93, 76-79-CB, 80-82-CH
o Joey Gallo – 94-96, 74-76-curve
o Max Fried – 89-94, 74-76-CB, CH 79-80
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