Baseball America’s draft database reports 22nd round draft pick RHP Blake Drake has signed with the Sox. He was assigned to Great Falls:
Yet another long-armed hurler is Blake Drake, a 6-7 former Indiana State star who was selected in the 22nd round of this year’s draft.” Drake has some different arm action that will surprise some people, I think,” said Drahman. “He’s a little sneaky, but he gets it up there it seems like, too.”
Here’s a 2009 scouting report from perfectgame.org:
Blake Drake is a Col RHP with a 6’7”, 185 lb. frame from Louisville, KY. Drake has a projectable frame and sat 88-91 this outing. He is a little raw but really projects as he continues to refine his craft. He showed a good slider to go with his upper 80’s to low 90’s fastball. He played at Wabash Valley this spring.
Here are his College Stats:
Year | ERA | W-L | APP-GS | CG | SHO/CBO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | AB | B/Avg | WP | HBP | BK | SFA | SHA |
2011 | 4.78 | 1-5 | 26-4 | 0 | 0/3 | 10 | 49.0 | 50 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 190 | .263 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2010 | 7.92 | 3-0 | 13-6 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 25.0 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | .260 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Drake was in Wabash Valley Community College for a couple years:
Year | GP | IP | R | ER | Hits | SO | BB | ERA | W | L | Save |
2009 | 11 | 39.0 | 36 | 30 | 39 | 30 | 28 | 6.92 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
2008 | 10 | 22.0 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 12 | 5.73 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
And here’s his MLB.com scouting video from the 2009 draft:
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http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=4827585&c_id=cws (0:31)
PS. From the Great Falls Tribune article we learn that released outfielder Salvador Sanchez has been converted to a reliever and will play for the Voyagers.