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Hock worked almost exclusively out of the bullpen during his first two years at Stanford, but a move to the rotation in the Cape Cod League last summer opened a lot of eyes and had many wondering if he could start long-term at the next level. Hopes to see him in that role during his junior year were dashed when he returned to a relief role. The right-hander has been effective as Stanford's closer this spring, though his stuff has backed up a bit. He was up to 95 mph in the Cape, albeit early in starts, but he's been mostly sitting 90-91 mph this spring, occasionally hitting 92-93 on the gun. His curveball remains effective and is his go-to out pitch, showing the ability to miss bats with it at times. His changeup had always been a distant third pitch, but it's largely been collecting dust on the shelf in his current role. There is some effort to his delivery, resulting in inconsistent command as well as an inability to maintain his velocity deeper into outings when he was starting. Hock has the strength and body to be a rotation workhorse and a team that thinks it can help him refine his delivery might draft him in the top few rounds and send him out in a rotation. He could be an effective setup type reliever, especially if the velocity can return.
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6'5 225lbs Closer who could move quickly as a RP however we will likely make him a SP which means long wait
http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6756509...ollege-pitcher
From MLB.com
Hock worked almost exclusively out of the bullpen during his first two years at Stanford, but a move to the rotation in the Cape Cod League last summer opened a lot of eyes and had many wondering if he could start long-term at the next level. Hopes to see him in that role during his junior year were dashed when he returned to a relief role. The right-hander has been effective as Stanford's closer this spring, though his stuff has backed up a bit. He was up to 95 mph in the Cape, albeit early in starts, but he's been mostly sitting 90-91 mph this spring, occasionally hitting 92-93 on the gun. His curveball remains effective and is his go-to out pitch, showing the ability to miss bats with it at times. His changeup had always been a distant third pitch, but it's largely been collecting dust on the shelf in his current role. There is some effort to his delivery, resulting in inconsistent command as well as an inability to maintain his velocity deeper into outings when he was starting. Hock has the strength and body to be a rotation workhorse and a team that thinks it can help him refine his delivery might draft him in the top few rounds and send him out in a rotation. He could be an effective setup type reliever, especially if the velocity can return.
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6'5 225lbs Closer who could move quickly as a RP however we will likely make him a SP which means long wait
http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6756509...ollege-pitcher
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