Tuesday, August 26, 2008 | By Alex Eisenberg

Breaking Down the Draft - Picks 44 - 49

It's been a while, but I just completed my most recent installment of my "Breaking Down the Draft" review series. This article ooks at picks 44 - 49 including left handed pitcher Kyle Lobstein of the Tampa Bay Rays. Below is an excerpt on Lobstein:

Kyle Lobstein

To start, Lobstein has an extremely slow tempo, coming out around 32 or 33 frames. He's also a "tall-and-fall" pitcher, which I mentioned earlier about Bleich. The difference between Lobstein and Bleich is Lobstein is much more of a straight tall-and-fall guy. It takes him much longer to get his hips moving forward in the direction of home plate.

My advice: speed it up, get moving--see if you get your hips moving a little earlier toward home plate. That alone will help increase Lobstein's velocity. Lobstein is known to be a good athlete, so I don't think he'll have a problem making these adjustments..