LOOGY-in-waiting Robby Scott

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Meh - he gave up two hard hit balls, and got away with another right down broadway.. Though he snapped off one good curveball that I hadn't seen from him in a while.
How did Robbie Scott look? Had an identical box score. I've got no idea what is stuff is like.
 

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How did Robbie Scott look? Had an identical box score. I've got no idea what is stuff is like.
He looked pretty good. The hit was a bit of a gift. Moncada should have made the play on the grounder moving to his left. I wasn't on every pitch,but he throws side arm a la Sid Fernandez (if you believe what Lyons says) and not too hard. I would think he would be used as a LOOGY at least.

Edit: Listed at 86-88 fb, 11 to 5 curve and 79-81 changeup on Soxprospects.

I like anyone that had to play on a team with Tony Phillips and Jose Canseco just to stay in baseball.
 
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My understanding is he has different arm slots for R vs. L, sidearm for L and more over the top or 3/4 for R. Though I didn't see the game so I can't verify.
There was also talk of 88 mph cheese in the gamethread.
 

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My understanding is he has different arm slots for R vs. L, sidearm for L and more over the top or 3/4 for R. Though I didn't see the game so I can't verify.
There was also talk of 88 mph cheese in the gamethread.
His "fastball" does seem to get on the hitter quicker than the mph implies because of his delivery (quick, funky). After the first couple of fastballs, I couldn't believe the not so fast mph numbers. Looking forward to seeing him again.
 

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How did Robbie Scott look? Had an identical box score. I've got no idea what is stuff is like.
My understanding is he has different arm slots for R vs. L, sidearm for L and more over the top or 3/4 for R. Though I didn't see the game so I can't verify.
There was also talk of 88 mph cheese in the gamethread.
Scott threw only to RHB during his debut, but he did show at least two distinct arm slots - mostly a 2 o'clock release, with the occasional 3 o'clock sidearm delivery. He is fairly short, and seems to deliver out of a crouch, so even when he is throwing from 2 o'clock, the ball is still coming from fairly low:



I presume that when he faces LHBs, he will deliver from 3 o'clock more often. He can throw his curve from either slot, so the batter should not be able to predict from the arm slot what pitch is coming.

His "fastball" does seem to get on the hitter quicker than the mph implies because of his delivery (quick, funky). After the first couple of fastballs, I couldn't believe the not so fast mph numbers. Looking forward to seeing him again.
Although his fastball is a relatively modest 88 mph, separated from his changeup by only 4-5 mph, Scott gets a lot of spin on the ball, generating ~2500 RPM on his fastball.



Like Ziegler, he gets a lot of movement on his well-educated cheese. A 88 fastball averaging 9" vertical movement coupled with 10" horizontal movement can be a weapon if he can spot it well. Also like Ziegler, his curveball has some surprising frisbee action (although, unlike Ziegler, it breaks down as well as laterally).



The location chart suggests that he can indeed spot it well. Scott worked the batters he faced using the same pattern: first two pitches for a strikes at the knees, followed by a 3rd or 4th pitch high and out of the zone to change the batter's eye level. All the strikes were low, so (again like Ziegler) Scott seems to have promise for keeping the ball down and avoiding gopherballs.

 

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I woke up at 6am London time and got to see his 9th. Was quite impressed with his composure and execution and thought it was great that in his first outing he faced 4 righties and pretty much dominated. Means that he can be brought in to face lefties but trusted to stay in there for a complete inning without undue worry in my opinion.

His out pitch last night (or this morning) was the high fastball which worked for both his K's. Before those he had good movement and was painting the corners. Kinda refreshing to see a reliever with good control of the strike zone.
 

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He also plants way to his left and has a real cross body throw; Lyons was saying there's a lot of deception there.
 

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Scott finally got another chance on the mound, and delivered three shutout innings against the Yankees to keep the Red Sox in the game long enough for Hanley to walk them off in the 9th.

His two arm slots are clear with the large sample of 38 pitches:



Most of the pitches to LHB are sidearm, but not all; likewise, the pitches to RHB usually, but not always, come from almost three-quarters. Scott throws the fastball 88 and curve 73 to everyone, and adds a changeup 83 to RHB. His command was excellent at first, but Farrell left him in for 11 (!) batters and 44 pitches, and at the end, he threw a lot of pitches down the middle.

Keep an eye on this one: as a LOOGY he has much better command than Abad, and his curve will give fits to lefties.