http://tinyurl.com/52xbca Background & Stats Jarrod Parker stands at 6-foot-1 and weighs 180 pounds. The righty was selected with the ninth overall pick in the 2007 MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks out of high school. Parker did not sign in time to play last year but made his pro debut with South Bend, the Diamondbacks Low-A affiliate in the Midwest League. Through four games, Parker has thrown 14.2 innings & given up 15 hits. Of those , two have been doubles, one triple and one was a home run. He’s struck out 13 against just two walks. Despite the small sample size, the stats look pretty much in order. He doesn’t appear to be overly lucky or unlucky, though his defense has committed many errors behind him. Parker threw five innings against Beloit allowing just two hits, though one was a triple. He struck out two batters and walked one. Overall, it was a very solid outting for Parker. On The Mound Jarrod Parker throws a fastball, changeup, curveball & slider. He has a solid delivery that is very smooth. His mechanics are good and very repeatable. He throws with little effort & is very natural on the mound. His delivery is very balanced. All of this lends itself to a good deal of consistency in his delivery & good command of his pitches. Parker’s fastball sits in the 93-94 range but he does turn it up to 96-97 at times. He relies heavily on the fastball to set up the rest of his pitches & likes to use it more on the inside half of the plate than the outside. His fastball has good late movement. He has good command of the fastball and is not afraid to challenge hitters with it at any point. His curveball is his best pitch. It sits comfortably in the 78-80 range & breaks sharply. He did not use his curve too often but was able to induce groundballs when he did. His command of the curve is pretty solid but if he can locate it on the inner half a little better, he’ll have himself an excellent pitch. As it is, his curve, like the fastball, grades as a plus-pitch. Parker uses his changeup conservatively. Sitting in the low-80s with decent movement, the change made several Snappers batters look foolish. However, he struggled to locate the pitch & could use a little more downward movement. I was not overly impressed with the change but it certainly is at least an average pitch with the potential to become a plus-pitch with some refinement. Parker flashed a slider that worked in the mid-80s and broke sharply. The problem was that it broke too vertically. He’ll need to work on getting more horizontal movement on the slider for this pitch to be a dominant out-pitch. Analysis Parker has a good combination of pitches and could have four plus-pitches. I grade his fastball and curve as plus right now and think at some point his change will join them. I am more skeptical that his slider will develop but three plus pitches would definitely make Parker a guy to fill one of the spots that Brandon Webb & Dan Haren will vacate when their contracts expire after 2010. Parker looks like a #2 starter. He has the potential to be a dominant pitcher with a good-but-not-great strikeout rate & solid contributor. I expect him to handle Low-A with relative ease this season & possibly see action in High-A by mid-season. I don’t anticipate him being a big league regular until 2011 which gives him three full seasons in the minors. I don’t have any major concerns about his development & to me he represents a high school pitcher with less risk as a prospect than most high school pitchers. --

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