Cole makes his first Major League start for the Pirates tonight. The first overall pick in the 2011 draft is taking the rotation spot of Wandy Rodriguez. but if he is as good as advertised, he will probably be up for good, especially with Jeanmar Gomez also injured. Cole has a 99 MPH fastball, but he didn't make the Pirates out of spring training because of command issues, and that has continued at AAA where he had 28 walks vs. just 47 strikeouts in 68 innings. He did get better as the year went on though and he tossed 14 scoreless innings in his last two minor league starts while allowing a total of only five hits, with eight strikeouts vs. two walks.
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I'm excited to see how his first few starts go. Command issues could lead to short outing and high era. Unless he can be effectively wild.Comment -
i got him going tonight, why not? actually in one league i have cingrani, wacha, and cole all going tonight so im hoping for the bestComment -
Hope the kid's got it
I bet Pitt -120Comment -
These are tough calls for players like this. Often they will be great their first few outings and then have slump while teams make adjustments. But 99 is 99 and if he can control it take him.Comment -
I read three different scouting reports.
Kid has a + + fastball, 97mph, but yes, major command issues.
He's rock bottom ghetto dirt cheap at DJ (188K) which means if you start him you can have pretty much any hitter you want, however, if Giants take a patient approach, and work him in the count, Cole will only go five innings, and if he gives up say 3 runs in 5 innings on 2 walks and 5 hits, you pretty much aren't getting anything points wise.
Believe me, I am tempted myself to take a rock bottom salaried starter that has potential myself, but there is a crap load more value in Cashner (SD) for a little bit more money salary cap wise than Cole.
Cashner is a very good dark sleeper tonight.
Cole is a high risk/high reward starter tonight.Comment -
I'm surprised at the amount of action on this game considering it's such an unknown. I guess that's why they call it gambling...Comment -
Looking good so far after 6 innings...Comment -
He had the biggest hit in the game. His teammates weren't doing too well with runners on, but boom, 2 run single[quote=jjgold;5683305]I win again like usual
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[quote=Whippit;7921056]miami won't lose a single eastern conference game through end of season[/quote]Comment -
He had that key single with a 3-2 out and was down 0-2 to begin the atbat.Comment -
I also had all three going tonight, but not on the same team.Comment -
What a great day to be a Pittsburgh Pirates fan!
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I am glad to see another stud prospect get his chance finally.Comment -
Well I knew Shortstop would be thrilled today. The kid had a solid debut tonight.Comment -
In both my leagues, he got scooped up and they ain't letting him go.
Looks like he's not a streamer, he's a keeper.Comment -
Ya he looked real good. Awfully cocky too! They chance to pick him up was before his start if not someone probably got himComment -
But the main question will be in his second start versus the same team.
Remember Daiskae Matsusaka? Cant spell the name, but he was dominate as well for a whileComment -
well that went better than expected...i love cingrani, i had him in his first go around and dropped him, was able to scoop him back when cueto went down. wacha started off really terrible i thought it was gonna be another bad outing but he really turned it around, and cole was outstanding until that last inning, cant really say they left him in too long b/c he was cruising and his pitch count was very low, but still other than that last inning he was nearly perfectComment -
he retired 15 in a row at one point.......... the future is brightComment -
That kid can throw with the best of them
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This kid looks to be the real dealComment -
He kept the ball at the knees all day and was ahead of the count. I am interested to see if he starts to fall behind in the count on his next start.Comment -
It'll be interesting to see if he can keep it up once there is more tape on him.Comment -
I read an article that says he won't hold up.
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Pirates will find a way to screw him up.Comment -
When is his next start? Tomorrow? He should shred the DodgersComment -
Player News:
Driving Attendance | 2013-06-14 | Baseball Musings
High Level: AAA
Positions: P-26
Full Name: Gerrit Alan Cole
Born: Sep 8, 1990 (22.280) in Newport Beach,California
Top Prospect: mlb 2012 (#12), 2013 (#7) team 2012 (#1-PIT), 2013 (#1-PIT)
Ht/Wt: 6-4 / 215 Bats/Throws: Right / Right
High School: Orange (Orange,CA)
College: UCLA
Drafted: Pittsburgh Pirates: 2011-1-1 (June-Reg)
Tags: First Round Draft Pick || Top Prospect
TBC Player ID: 149742
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Year Team Lg Level Unif Org Age Rk W L ERA G GS CG SH GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP Bk WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 BB/SO BABIP GB/FB 2009 UCLA Pac10 NCAA 12 18 8 4 8 3.49 15 14 1 0 0 85.0 57 46 33 10 38 104 12 3 1.12 6.04 1.06 4.02 11.01 0.37 -- -- 2010 UCLA Pac10 NCAA 12 19 5 11 4 3.37 19 19 0 0 0 123.0 92 51 46 4 52 153 7 1 1.17 6.73 0.29 3.80 11.20 0.34 -- -- 2011 UCLA Pac10 NCAA 12 20 5 6 8 3.31 16 16 4 1 0 114.1 103 46 42 8 24 119 4 0 1.11 8.11 0.63 1.89 9.37 0.20 -- -- 2012 Bradenton FSL A+ 28 pit 21 - 5 1 2.55 13 13 0 0 0 0 67.0 53 24 19 5 21 69 3 1 1.10 7.12 0.67 2.82 9.27 0.30 -- -- Altoona East AA 13,45 pit 21 - 3 6 2.90 12 12 0 0 0 0 59.0 54 28 19 2 23 60 3 1 1.31 8.24 0.31 3.51 9.15 0.38 -- -- Indianapolis IL AAA 35 pit 21 - 1 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 3 3 0 1 7 0 0 1.17 9.00 0.00 1.50 10.50 0.14 -- -- 2013 indianapolis il AAA pit 22 6/13/2013 5 3 2.91 12 12 0 0 0 0 68.0 44 23 22 4 28 47 1.06 5.82 0.53 3.71 6.22 0.60 -- -- Pittsburgh NL MLB pit 22 6/13/2013 1 0 2.84 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 7 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 -- 9.95 0.00 -- 2.84 0.00 -- -- Add this player to your TBC Player Tracker. View a sample MLB Totals (1 year) 1 0 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1.17 10.50 0.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 -- -- Minor League Totals (2 years) 14 10 2.83 38 38 0 0 0 0 200 157 78 63 11 73 183 6 2 1.15 7.07 0.50 3.29 8.24 0.40 -- -- College Totals (3 years) 21 20 3.38 50 49 5 1 0 0 322 252 143 121 22 114 376 23 4 1.14 7.04 0.61 3.19 10.51 0.30 -- -- AAA Totals (2 years) 6 3 3.04 13 13 0 0 0 0 74 50 26 25 4 29 54 0 0 1.07 6.08 0.49 3.53 6.57 0.54 -- -- AA Totals (1 year) 3 6 2.90 12 12 0 0 0 0 59 54 28 19 2 23 60 3 1 1.31 8.24 0.31 3.51 9.15 0.38 -- -- A+ Totals (1 year) 5 1 2.55 13 13 0 0 0 0 67 53 24 19 5 21 69 3 1 1.10 7.12 0.67 2.82 9.27 0.30 -- -- Compare Stats to: Comment -
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Greinke and Cole duel today at PNC Park. Weather does not look good, could be a delay at some point this afternoon.
The Buccos are slight favorites and the O/U is sitting at 7.Comment -
This kid is the real deal!Comment -
Still doing well, but wait until he meets the teams a second time aroundComment
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