Comments on: Sleeper: P.J. Walters

By: jay

jay — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:03:11 +0000

i watched walters pitch for 3 years at “south alabama” anyone that knows him knows his best pitch is his change up. thats why he had such great success at college . his secondary pitches are there. his fastball is considered below aver at 86-89. but does have good movement & command & let him get to the 80-100 pitch count & all the sudden his fastball gets to 89-91..thats one of the reasons he led the nation in innings pitched. he got better as the game went on.my opinion he will move quickly out of quad cities & be possibly in AA by seasons end..i am no scout but i have seen 30yrs of college players come thru south al & walters is the best i have ever seen.& john leiber pitched at south.just a note he pitched on feb 10 at south alabamas hall of fame game (pros vs south)3IP,0R,4K,1H,0BB.he looked really sharp..he is ready for spring training..

By: erik

erik — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:36:33 +0000

that’s for the input balkroth. it’s always great to hear from those who’ve actually seen a player, which i have not. I’m sure your concern was the concern of a lot of scouts, that’s why he wasn’t drafted higher despite putting up great numbers. I’d still like to see him get a chance to start and develop some secondary pitches, but if he can’t there’s nothing wrong with a fastball/slider guy with good command in the middle of your pen.

By: Balkroth

Balkroth — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:03:13 +0000

I personally think he’s going to develop into a reliever, IIRC he had a few things with his throwing mechanics that I didn’t like. Granted, that was during his college years and I haven’t seen him throw since.I either see him as becoming an elite reliever, or tailing off around AAA due to his mechanics hurting his arm, but his body size is a plus, and he’s shown he can get batters out.