Scouting 2010 MLB Draft Prospect Drew Pomeranz

MATCH-UP – LSU at Ole Miss (4-24-10)

KEY PROSPECTS WE’RE WATCHING – Drew Pomeranz (LHP, Ole Miss), Blake Dean (1b, LSU), Micah Gibbs (C, LSU), Leon Landry (OF, LSU)

DREW POMERANZ DRAFT PROJECTION – Top-10 Pick

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The match up between Anthony Ranaudo and Drew Pomeranz, two of the best pitching prospects in college baseball, was a dud. One couldn’t keep the ball on the ground, while the other couldn’t find the strike zone. Today, I break down Pomeranz’ performance and in the next couple days, I will follow it up with breakdown of Anthony Ranaudo’s performance.

I don’t offer extensive profiles of the LSU hitters against Pomeranz since you’ll see much more of them in later articles, but you can still see them go head-to-head against Pomeranz in the video provided.

To start, LSU hitters had a gameplan to make Pomeranz work. They rarely swung at the first pitch and they made it their mission to force Pomeranz into throw strikes. Early on, Pomeranz was…

Up next, we’ll break down what went wrong with LSU ace Anthony Ranaudo.