Author Topic: 2012 Draft  (Read 22685 times)

StrikeZone

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Re: 2012 Draft
« on: March 09, 2012, 02:06:31 pm »
According to John Arguello's "Cubs Den" blog, Hoyer scouted Prior-esque (at least in his physique) USF righty Kyle Zimmer:

http://www.chicagonow.com/cubs-den/2012/03/draft-preview-cubs-scouting-rhp-kyle-zimmer/

OK, I watched a couple YouTube videos of Zimmer just now and I don't love his mechanics.  He doesn't seem to have the recoil that Mark Prior and Mike Harkey had (and that's a good thing) but he does seem to throw across his body a tad (and that's a bad thing).

It looks like he's got the dreaded "M" (I'm trying to start a trend that phases out "inverted W" because that sounds dumb to me) that a lot of people believe eventually leads to shoulder surgery.

Finally, he pats the ball in his glove a la Geremi Gonzalez, which doesn't mean anything, really.  It's probably a timing thing he's developed along the way.

Obviously, throwing across his body could be an easy fix, if he's coachable.  The "M" could be a problem, if you subscribe to that theory.

He's certainly a big kid who seems to have good stuff.