Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-19-11

[ChiefsVoice]

Thanks Nate. Figured he wasn't 98, as that seemed so ... out of the realm of what he was talked about. If you see this at some point, could you give us your feel on his secondary stuff? Only limited glances, so I couldn't be certain on how things looked.

 

Do you think the comp that someone made about him (AzPhil?) once to Jeff Antigua is fair?

 

Well personally i think he is a lot better than Antigua, but in 3 years I didn't really see a lot out of JA to be positive about, definitely nothing close to the way is is pitching in Daytona.

 

I like Del Valle a lot. He is smaller than most pitchers at 5'10. He throws strikes which at this level is huge. He seemed a lot more confident as a starter than when he was piggybacking Liria and struggled. I liked his slider and he fooled hitters here with this changeup. We'll see if he does that at the next level. I would put him up near the top of guys we had this season with Beeler, Loosen, Jokisch and Kirk.