Scouting Video: Gerrit Cole, RHP, UCLA (2011 Draft)

By John Klima
June 28, 2010

Gerrit Cole is going to be a first rounder in 2011. His first outing in the College World Series, I thought, was one of his best efforts of command, control and consistency. I’ve always said I liked Cole’s arm power but I always wanted to see more big league-quality strikes more consistently. I think he made strides towards better efficiency in 2010. We have shot plenty of video of him in 2009 and 2010. Here’s our last look at him in 2010. We’ll be back on him in 2011.

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2011 Draft Sneak Peak: Gentleman, Start Your Horses

By John Klima
June 15, 2010

No sooner does one draft cycle end than the next one begins. The next draft cycle always starts with a group of players pretty much everyone knows, but from now until next June, the draft cycle is nothing but a horserace. What follows are some of the prospects that I have already seen and will see more of in 2011.

This is not meant to be a complete list or a ranking, and if this story is the first time you are discovering Baseball Beginnings, we invite you to stick around throughout the year to see video and read about the players we are talking about. If you stay with us, by the time draft day rolls around, I promise you many players that are not even in this story will come alive for you through video, scouting reports, scouting updates and interviews.

If you’re a 2011 prospect and you’re not in this story, it doesn’t mean you are not a prospect. It just means I haven’t seen you yet. If you can play, chances are I will find you.

Here, then, is a sneak peak at what is inside the 2011 stable, both high school and college, on a national scale.

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Scouting Video: Gerrit Cole, RHP, UCLA (2011 Draft)

By John Klima
June 11, 2010

There are always a few certainties with Gerrit Cole starts. He’ll throw hard. He’ll take his time. Sometimes his fastball will do what it wants to.  And sometimes he can tell it what to do.

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Prospect vs. Prospect Video: Jack Marder vs. Gerrit Cole (2011 Draft)

By John Klima
May 8, 2010

Jack Marder and Gerrit Cole meet here on Beginnings after meeting on a recent Friday night. Have fun with the short clip below, then watch, as your head can also explode along with ours at the umpteen hyperlinks to content we have created on these two guys in the last year.

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Scouting Update: Gerrit Cole, UCLA, RHP (2011 Draft)

By John Klima
April 20, 2010

If the 2011 draft were today, it would boil down to this for UCLA right-hander Gerrit Cole.

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Ace vs. Ace: Sonny Gray vs. Gerrit Cole

By John Klima
February 26, 2010

Gerrit Cole threw three bad pitches in the first inning and two very good ones. He hit three Vanderbilt batters in the opening minutes, each with fastballs, and you have to give Cole credit for one thing. Not many pitchers can say they drilled the bases loaded. And not many pitchers can get out of a jam the way he did Friday night against Sonny Gray and Vanderbilt.

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Scouting Video: Gerrit Cole, RHP, UCLA (2011 Draft)

By John Klima
April 22, 2009

Gerrit Cole can strike a guy out or strike fear into him.

Sometimes both.

When he’s locked in, he’s difficult to deal with. When he’s getting loose and looking for his location, he can be wild. It’s the curse of guys with great stuff: sometimes stuff has a mind of its own.  One thing to like about Cole: watch him when he misses. You have to like a young pitcher who expects himself to be better when he struggles, rather than to just sit back, throw hard, expect velocity to get outs, and quit pitching with all four weapons. I believe we’d call that an intangible.  

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Learn more about Gerrit Cole:
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Gerrit Cole Scouting Report
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Scouting Report: Gerrit Cole, RHP, UCLA

By John Klima
April 21, 2009

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Gerrit Cole
RHP, UCLA
6-4, 215
Games Seen: 2, Innings: 12
(Spring 2009, freshman year)

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Q&A with UCLA RHP Gerrit Cole

By John Klima
April 20, 2009

UCLA freshman right-hander Gerrit Cole is working on developing his full four-pitch arsenal as a true freshman. (Photo Courtesy UCLA)

UCLA freshman right-hander Gerrit Cole is developing four pitches. (UCLA)

“His stuff is electric. His fastball is 97-98 with movement, his slider is devastating and he has the change-up he can throw to right-handers. Here comes an 18-year old and I feel lost in the box facing him. He definitely has the best stuff I’ve ever faced.” – UCLA junior third baseman Casey Haerther on facing teammate Gerrit Cole for the first time in Fall, 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bauer, Cole overmatch Washington

By John Klima
April 19, 2009

Five no-hit innings against metal bats is pretty good, I don’t care what league or what level. For Trevor Bauer, his one-hitter with nine strikeouts Saturday afternoon at Jackie Robinson Stadium might have carried one additional meaning: he did it against Washington, where his boy Tim Lincecum pitched.

Here at Baseball Beginnings, we’ve said before that we’re not just a damn good source of information, video, scouting reports and writing, but a karma factory. Bauer’s video appeared on the site Friday and he shoved on Saturday. It’s as simple as that.  If it works for Rome, it can work for us.

In any case, you can see Bauer’s video here.

Gerrit Cole had a career-high 13 strikeouts on Friday night, and UCLA’s terrible twosome of freshman right-handers is on a roll. Not only are they pitching well in college, they’re also prospects, which means they belong here.

Gerrit Cole. Remember that name and head back here this week.