With the #9 pick in the MLB draft....

[whalberg11]

The Mets select Mike Pelfrey from Witchita State. Ive never heard of him but apparently hes good, sounds like a big time power pitcher.

Mike Pelfrey
School:
Wichita State
Position: RHP B/T: R/R
H: 6'7" W: 210
Born: 1984-01-14 Class: 4YR
Scouting report:
Tall RHP w/ long limbs. Throws a FB that bores into hitters when up in the zone, sinks when down in the zone. Throws a power CB w/ some slider-like action. Also has a change-up.

He had some connection to the Mets before the draft. Mets closer Braden Looper had pitched for Wichita State, too. "He had only great things to say about the Mets," Pelfrey said. "I'm very excited."

The Mets' first-round selection in the 2004 draft, right-handed pitcher Philip Humber, was the third player selected, so, if the club signs Pelfrey, it will have two of the top five pitchers taken in a two-year sequence. A person familiar with the club's thinking said the Mets believe Pelfrey as having a slightly higher ceiling -- scout talk for "potential" -- than Humber.P> Pelfrey is 6-foot-7, 210 pounds and is said to have a "pitcher's body." He has a natural sink on his fastball that has been timed at 97 mph and usually is in the mid 90s. He also throws a changeup, one he has mastered in the last two years that can unsettle left-handed hitters. His breaking ball is a curve, which puts less stress on the elbow than a slider.

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/NASApp/m...=.jsp&c_id=nym

[awefullspellare]

Really good pitcher. Dominated Creighton .