Scouting Braves Pitching Prospect Mike Minor

MATCH-UP – Gwinnett Braves (Atlanta Braves) at Toledo Mud Hens (Detroit Tigers)

KEY PROSPECTS WE’RE WATCHING – Mike Minor (LHP, Braves), Ryan Strieby (1b, Tigers), Wilkin Ramirez (OF, Tigers), Casper Wells (OF, Tigers)

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SCREENSHOT

A quick note on video structure…videos are edited to include only key and legitimate prospects. Time between pitches and between innings are edited out. Some commercials are left in out of respect for the companies that purchase ad buys.

I use time markers for when a particular hitter comes up to bat or a certain pitcher enters the game so you don’t have to shuffle through the video looking for key players. Games are edited so you can scout and evaluate a prospect in the most convenient and quickest way possible.

Despite his lofty standing as the No. 7 pick of the 2009 draft by the Atlanta Braves, the level of success achieved by Mike Minor in 2010 has been a pretty big surprise. It speaks the quality of the Braves’ scouting department and the confidence they have in the organization’s ability to develop pitching.

With the help of some cleaned up mechanics since his days at Vanderbilt, Minor was able to add a couple ticks of velocity to his fastball, which has helped him miss bats with ease at the pro level.

While there were no radar gun readings from this particular game, it was clear Minor’s fastball had better life and explosion out of his hand than before. Reports have said Minor’s fastball had been clocked at 92 – 95 earlier in the season and is now more consistently in the 90 – 93 range, which is better than the 88 – 92 mph fastball he had coming into pro ball.

Minor showed…