Comments on: Prospect Profile: Tyler Herron

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:02:39 +0000

These profiles are very insightful and well done. Tip of the hat! Thanks.

By: picklefork

picklefork — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:59:08 +0000

A personal favorite of mine….you just dont see that kind of control, BB to K ratio and GB rates and not expect him to project well to the next level.

A Jon Garland type of career, isnt out of the question.

Good stuff once again guys!

By: fewgoodcards

fewgoodcards — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:34:24 +0000

as for his delivery, i think it look a lot like brett myers of the phillies. herron doesn’t bring his glove over his head like myers does, but everything else looks very similar.

By: Superseve

Superseve — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:52:33 +0000

For a sinkerball pitcher the two most important stats are BB and HR/9, with just these two stats under control he can be easily a #2/#3 pitcher. If he could add some more Ks, that would mean gold.

GO CARDS!!!

By: jrocke217

jrocke217 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:09:37 +0000

thanks for bringing back the prospect profile series, i truly do enjoy reading them. very informative.

By: erik

erik — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:17:35 +0000

his curve could be that out pitch, but he could be a suppan-esque hurler like fgc is suggesting. i could see that comparison. jon garland also comes to mind and seems like a more accurate comparison for me. i’d like to see a side by side comp with them mechanically, but just from memory they are very similar, stuff and mechanics. and i have seen garland a lot, with the white sox games on tv here constantly.

By: jdk82

jdk82 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:12:16 +0000

Oops brain fart that was Maiques who had the nasty stuff.

By: jdk82

jdk82 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:07:41 +0000

I saw Herron pitch one time here in Burlington he kept the hitters off balance the whole game. Whatever his outpitch was ( I cant recall off the top of my head) it was nasty.

By: fpslackers

fpslackers — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:48:17 +0000

Being new to pitching, hopefully he can refine his stuff and develop more of an out pitch next year.

One thing to point out about Herron’s development, there was a point in 2006 where he wasn’t doing that great and then all of a sudden something just seemed to click and he did great the rest of the year, earning a promotion to Batavia.

By: azruavatar

azruavatar — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:37:19 +0000

I worry about the lack of a real out pitch. Those are some nice numbers this year though.