 | Name: Gerrit Cole Position: Right Handed Pitcher Birth Date: September 8, 1990 Height: 6'4'' Weight: 220 Bats: Right Throws: Right College/HS: UCLA Acquired: 2011 Draft, 1st Round Major League ETA: 2013 |
| McEffect Report: One of the biggest keys to the Pirates future is Gerrit Cole. The 21-year old has an upper 90's four-seam fastball, a lower to middle 90's two-seam fastball, a long with plus pitches in the slider and change up. Cole had some control issues in his last season as an amateur, which led him to a widely unimpressive 3.28 ERA. If Cole can improve his control and become a mature pitcher, he has the stuff to be a Cy Young contender some day. Chances are he starts the year in Bradenton and works his way up through the year. He could reach AA by season's end, but I don't expect anything higher than that. Starting 2013 in AAA and then making his big league debut mid-season sounds reasonable to me, but that could be only if everything goes right. |