Just saw this, had to get it up here. BA is doing a chat at 1PM if you have the means, check it out.
16. Joe Savery, lhp, Peoria Saguaros (Phillies)
Like a lot of Rice pitchers, Savery comes with some medical baggage. The 2007 first-rounder had minor surgery last year to shave down a bone growth in the back of his shoulder that was causing some fraying in his labrum. That didn’t affect his reputation too badly, as the Dodgers were ready to take him if the Phillies didn’t in the first round. In the AFL, Savery showed much better stuff than his pro debut. He clearly benefited from the short break between instructional league and the Fall League, finishing 1-1, 0.64 in 14 innings. Savery’s fastball velocity was 87-92, but still struggled to command it at times. His secondary pitches—a slurvy breaking ball and changeup—still need more polish, and his 5-11 strikeout-walk ratio is indicative of that.
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Must like Savery’s GO/AO of 2.25 and .091 opponent’s BA in the AFL. Hope we see all the top pitchers in ST unlike last ST went Kendrick and Zagurski were not invited to major league camp.
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It’s especially encouraging to hear that Savery’s stuff looked sharper in the AFL than it did in short season ball. I’m really hoping that an offseason with his weight program and workouts geared specifically to pitching will have him come out really sharp in ST next year.
And just to reiterate what we’ve been saying: there’s no way Savery should not start next year in Lakewood.
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