Knuckle Curve » rick_porcello http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve Major League Baseball News from Spring Training to the World Series Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:47:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Porcello Signs with Tigers http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/porcello-signs-with-tigers/ http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/porcello-signs-with-tigers/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:23:13 +0000 Geoff Young http://www.knucklecurve.com/porcello-signs-with-tigers/ Post from: Knuckle Curve

]]> Billfer at Detroit Tigers Weblog notes that the Tigers have inked first-round pick Rick Porcello. Apparently it’s a Major League contract worth more than $7 million. If nothing else, this reaffirms that Bud Selig’s efforts to “slot” players in the draft have been wasted.

This is a great addition for Detroit, but it’s got to be something of a slap in the face of Selig and MLB, which recommended a signing bonus of $1.17 million for the 27th pick this year. Of course, you could argue that Porcello slipped so far because of his reported demands. And that brings us to the uncomfortable question of why, exactly, MLB even has a draft…

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]]> http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/porcello-signs-with-tigers/feed/ 0 MLB Draft 2007: Tigers Tab Porcello at #27 http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/mlb-draft-2007-tigers-tab-porcello-at-27/ http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/mlb-draft-2007-tigers-tab-porcello-at-27/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:36:10 +0000 Geoff Young http://www.knucklecurve.com/mlb-draft-2007-tigers-tab-porcello-at-27/ Post from: Knuckle Curve

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Name: Rick Porcello Throws: Right Pos: RHP Bats: Right Height: 6′5″ DOB: 27 Dec 88 Weight: 195 lbs School: Seton Hall Prep, West Orange, N.J.

With the 27th pick in the 2007 draft, the Detroit Tigers have selected high school right-hander Rick Porcello. Porcello’s player profile from the 2006 Aflac All-American High School Classic notes that the right-hander “offers a projectable frame as well as above-average pitches, and has drawn comparisons to Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander.”

Unreal. The strong get stronger.

What they’re saying:

If you could design a “perfect” high school pitching prospect, it would be hard to beat Porcello. He’s tall and lanky…6-5, 190…with some projection left in his body. He’s athletic. He already throws 93-94 MPH, hitting 96-98 at times.

–John Sickels, Minor League Ball

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